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Transom zinc ground
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| BruceT |
Posted on 01/02/16 - 8:59 PM
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I am doing a complete rebuild of a 1986 Outrage 18. Rather than replace the thru hull ground wire and transom mounted zinc, I plan to bond the fuel tank fittings to the engine ground itself. I can't think of any reason this won't work. The zinc on the engine is far larger than the original and it eliminates another hole in the transom. Can anyone see a reason NOT to do this?
Bruce
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| butchdavis |
Posted on 01/03/16 - 7:40 AM
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If you keep your Whaler in a slip it's hard to have too much anode material in the water. If you use a trailer it would probably do no harm. How often do you need to replace your engine mounted anodes?
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| tmann45 |
Posted on 01/03/16 - 8:41 AM
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BruceT wrote:
I am doing a complete rebuild of a 1986 Outrage 18. Rather than replace the thru hull ground wire and transom mounted zinc, I plan to bond the fuel tank fittings to the engine ground itself. I can't think of any reason this won't work. The zinc on the engine is far larger than the original and it eliminates another hole in the transom. Can anyone see a reason NOT to do this?
Bruce
1986 Outrage 18
Boston Whaler eliminated the transom anode in the late 1980's or early 1990's and replaced it with a simple bonding system. It consists of a heavy gauge green wire connected to the fuel tank, fuel filler and battery negative.
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| Phil T |
Posted on 01/03/16 - 9:46 AM
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The only reason I can offer to NOT do it is to keep the boat strictly original.
The challenge is the anode and pressed wire are no longer manufactured so a replacement would need to be fabricated.
TMann is spot on.
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| Acseatsri |
Posted on 01/03/16 - 10:14 AM
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On my 1993 Whaler they used a 2" by 6" bronze Dynaplate on the transom to ground the fuel system.
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| jvz |
Posted on 01/03/16 - 11:13 AM
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Yes - You will be fine with motor/battery ground...when we did the re-wire on the Outrage, that is exactly what we did.
There is a thread related to this subject...
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| BruceT |
Posted on 01/03/16 - 9:24 PM
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Thank you to everyone for their replies and input. Looks like the anode is gone.
Bruce
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| jvz |
Posted on 01/04/16 - 7:12 AM
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Also...You may want to utilize the existing hole/pass through for wiring a transducer or transom lights etc...
Either way,make sure you seal it properly.
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| BruceT |
Posted on 01/04/16 - 5:48 PM
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Butch,
I keep the boat in a lift out of the water so anodes last forever
Jrz
Thanks for the suggestion, I will keep that in mind?
Bruce
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