[Rhodes22-list] Replacing the wire in the mast

[Hank]

Marlan,

You only need 3 wires as they can share the same ground wire..  So two hots
going up for each light and then tie the grounds to one wire for the return.

Hank


On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 5:44 PM, marlangreen at gmail.com <marlangreen at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Maybe i didn't explain it very well. I was planning to attach the new wire
> to the old wire near the head of the mast and the pull the new wire in as i
> was pulling the old one out.
>
> I also plan to add two more wires because I'm adding a sea dog LED anchor
> light. The plug/connector on my deck has 4 pins. I will need to run 2
> additional wires inside the cabin to the panel from this connector for a
> total of 4 wires. 2 wires for the existing steaming light and 2 wires for
> the new led anchor light.
>
> M
>
> On Apr 5, 2013 5:32 PM, "Rick" <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Marlan,
> >
> > There should be room to just run a new wire up the mast.
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Marlan Green <marlangreen at hotmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Has anyone replaced the wires in the mast going from the deck to the
> mast
> > > head light?
> > >
> > > I would like to but when I tug at the wire at the bottom of the mast it
> > > doesn't seem to want to move. I wonder if it is secured anywhere along
> the
> > > course of the mast? Maybe wrapped around the spreader bolt?
> > >
> > > Interestingly enough, the two wires in the mast are black and white at
> the
> > > top and black and red at the bottom. I presume there is a wire
> connection
> > > somewhere in the mast. I'd like to replace the wires so there are just
> two
> > > continuous wires with not breaks/connections.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any info.
> > >
> > > Marlan
> > > s/v the Nauti boat
> > >
> > >
> > >
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