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About 80 percent of all stainless steel used everywhere is either 302, 304 or 316. These alloys have serious weaknesses, however. The author recommends a better but slightly more expensive alloy for chainplates and other fittings.
[Ocean Navigator, July 2002]
Grab bag of facts and commentary about electrical grounding. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
Useful FAQ about electricity on a steel boat from a designer and retailer of stock plans for steel cruising yachts from 37 to 44 feet for amateur building.
[Fay Marine, USA]
Bulletin board on metal corrosion topics. A good place to get technical questions answered. Select "Show all topics."
[Corrosion Source, Houston, TX, USA]
Unmoderated forum on marine electrical and electronic equipment. Good advice and resources here, but you have to dig and you have to be selective.
[Usenet, USA]
Brief collection of facts and commentary about electrical corrosion, anodic protections, and galvanic isolators. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
Description of equipment for preventing corrosion from shorepower systems, such as sacrificial zinc and magnesium anodes, galvanic isolators, isolation transformers, and control systems. Special attention to protection for aluminum hulls. 3 pages with illustrations.
[Practical Sailor]
If you already have corrosion, you need one of these to rectify things.
[Practical Sailor]
Some common mistakes in sizing, placing, and renewing sacrificial anodes, including those that are not on the hull or prop shaft.
[SailNet, 28 June 2004]
A wide and deep list of inspections and tests you can do to be sure your (or your perspective) boat has no electrical or related problems. An excellent reference when adding or refitting electrical components. The pages are shareware; the author requests a small donation from users.
[Robb Zuk, Salt Spring Island, Canada]
Electrical Maintenance and Troubleshooting
AC and DC grounding systems are two separate systems, for distinctly different reasons. If you don′t understand these systems, you run the distinct risk of creating a disaster.
David Pascoe
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