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    Favorite Tool?

    Not practical for a lot of people, but I don’t know how I’d make it without my 14” South Bend.
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    Outboard circuit breaker sizing

    Great suggestion on the starter rebuild shop, I didn’t think of that. My local shop could only tell me about automotive starters though. The chart above shows the relay holding 900+ amps for 1 second and 300 amps for 10 seconds, so that should easily hold the inrush current for the numbers y’all...
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    Outboard circuit breaker sizing

    That’s a good data point anyway. The fusable link acts as a slow-blow fuse, this breaker appears to have similar functionality. I’m going to give it a shot, if it doesn’t work out I’ll get a larger one. This is the one I’m looking at...
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    Outboard circuit breaker sizing

    After a dead battery scare at a little mountain lake with the whole family last year, along with wanting to clean up the PO’s work, I’m about to rewire my 17’ Alweld with center console. The basics: -Move the starting battery to the front with the trolling motor battery -Add a Perko switch so...
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    Aluminum fasteners

    The aluminum fasteners that I’ve used (not on a boat) were miserably weak. I had to be very careful with them to avoid stripping out the heads or threads.
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