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Self-bonding non-adhesive silicone tape has many uses (1001 are listed on the makers website).
[Toppy Tape Manufacturing Inc., Southington, CT, USA]
Marine-grade one-, two-, and three-strand wire, cable, connectors, bus bars, switches, fuses, heat shrink, and other wiring products.
[Bestboatwire.com, Longueuil, QC, Canada]
Makes a wrap from a special silicone compound which adheres to itself when wrapped under tension. The result withstands salt water, UV, acids, fuels, temperature extremes, and other marine hazards. Useful for rope, chain, tools, electrical connections, rigging, plumbing and more.
[Vypar Products, St. Louis, MO, USA]
Traces wiring throughout your boat and helps find broken circuitry. Transmits a tone from either end of the wire and traces the tone with a receiver wand. Lots of other circuit-testing equipment as well.
[Ancor Marine Grade Products, Cotati, CA, USA]
Plastic-covered marine wire in three quality levels, plus battery cable. Also sells connectors, heat shrink materials, switches, and other wiring components.
[Allied Electronics, Fort Worth, TX, USA]
Offers wide range of wire, coverings, ties, clamps, heat shrink, tapes and other wiring and circuit protection products. Useful How-To pages.
[Terminal Town, Alexandria, MN, USA]
Small antenna particularly strong for fringe area coverage and vessel motion.
[Davis RF Co., Carlisle, MA, USA]
Tinned copper wire and flat cable for marine use.
[Allied Wire & Cable, Phoenixville, PA, USA]
Makes marine grade electrical wiring products, including wire, cable, circuit breakers, switches, connectors, fuses, and tool and meters. Technical information includes wire and conductor calculator applet, and tables for marine color codes, temperature ratings, and other quantities, and some electrical FAQ′s.
[Ancor Marine Grade Products, Cotati, CA, USA]
Push-pull, rotary, toggle, rocker, and many other electrical switch designs. Also dimmers, solenoids, temperature, and vacuum switches, Good background literature explaining solenoids and switch wiring.
[Cole Hersee Co., South Boston, MA, USA]
Electrical Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Distribution Panels and Breakers
Remotely operated solid-state smart circuit breakers that are now commonplace in automobiles . . . are capable of eliminating the majority of the wiring in a boat.
Nigel Calder
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