Originally posted by RUSSELL
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I mentioned it to a buddy of mine who has been sailing 20+ years and has bought and sold several old boats over the years. I told him about all the old, abandoned wiring I found, and he just nodded and said, "yup, pretty common on an old boat."
I found a length of about 4-gauge wire (maybe even 2-gauge; I'll have to check - but it's pretty beefy) running all the way from behind the aft cabin bulkhead, through the storage compartments above the dinette, and into the head - not connected to anything on either end. I'm theorizing it probably provided power to either the fresh water pump (which is long gone) or a pump of some sort for the old MSD (also long gone). I pulled it out and found it to be in excellent condition, so I got myself about 14 feet of nice, heavy guage wire.
Which I probably don't need, but hey, it's free.
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