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    Aluminum Hull Grounding Question

    Should the aluminum hull be grounded to the negative battery terminal or is this a dumb question because the outboard engine automatically grounds it through the mounting bolts of the engine. Am I overthinking it to worry about electrolysis affecting boat components?
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    What is this

    Bingo.......give yourself a cigar.........I thought it was part of the radio wiring but looking closer it is wired into the live well pump switch. That switch has two positions .....manual and automatic. So the pump works off this timer in automatic?? Can you explain its operation and the...
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    What is this

    There is writing but its old and faded and unreadable. If it was a capacitor could it be for ignition noise on the radio? That's about the only think I can think of but I never saw one exactly like this before
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    What is this

    Bought an old Lowe 2220 and in troubleshooting an electrical problem I found this thing. Its the red thing that looks like some type of capacitor but with several wires plugged into it. Never ran across anything like it before but its been several years since I worked on a boat. I don't think...
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