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**sarafina** · 10-11-2009, 13:18

I am hoping that some of you overachievers around here have, in the course of overhauling you boats and making them the stellar examples of seaworthy ready vessles that I know they are, wound up with a left over assortment of odds and ends from the electrical system. I am happy to pay pennies on the dollar or adopt outright stuff that would be useful to me and is just junking up your dock box at this point!

In particular we need:

Breaker panel, dc 4+ positions or dc/ac 4+/6+ positions

Shore Power thru hull, silver or chrome

Wire, tinned copper strand; 3 strand romex, 2 strand and one strand (12, 14 or 16 gauge, lengths as short as 3 feet useful, but longer also desirable.)

Wire connectors; heat shrink butt and ring connectors

GFI marine plugs

regular marine plugs

Wood cover plates for plugs

wall mounted reading lights, led preferred, but halogen or incandescent possible as well, silver finish.

ceiling mounted light for galley area, not recessed.

Extra bonus for items on Pacific west coast or in the SF bay area, but for light weight stuff, postage is cheap ; -)

We are working at proving that it is possible to refit a Cal 28 without spending an arm and a leg! All assistance appreciated!

Chief Engineer · 10-11-2009, 16:18

I have had all that stuff on eBay at one tome or another.

BTW leave rhe romex at Home Depot or Lowes

You do mean GFI OUTLETS?

**sarafina** · 10-11-2009, 16:57

well, I have found some stuff on ebay, and more at swap meets, but right now, not so much.

What about the romex at lowe's or HD? They do not carry the marine grade variety, so I wouldn't buy it there, although I suppose it would work...

And yes, outlets, plugs, Ground Fault Interupter, for the first jbox in each run from the panel. I have one, but I need 4.

Chief Engineer · 10-11-2009, 18:10

Romex is a solid wire...for home use only

**sarafina** · 10-11-2009, 18:35

well, we may be talking about the same stuff here... Ancor makes a stranded tinned product that is, essentially, romex for boats, although I suppose the word romex could be limited to a branded product by that name.

Anyway, what I am hoping some of you all have hanging around is ends of marine wire, Ancor, or similar product. My boat is small and most of my wiring is pretty much in one area.

I scored a partial reel of 3 strand 12 gauge for .75 a foot and used that for the long runs, but I have a bunch of short ones to still do! And the swap meets are over for the year ; -P

forsailbyowner · 10-11-2009, 18:48

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