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Location: With my son on the water | Tucker
Ya, you know I spend a bunch of time on LOTW and I normally fish into the wind. It was so frustrating for the first year until I corrected this. I noticed it because my foot bumped the plug and when I wiggled it I noticed it was hot and would only make intermittent connection. I wasted a few bucks on plugs until I determined they were only rated for 40 amps. Then I made the switch.
FYI it will cost a few buck to do it correctly (Marine grade wire (again, I used 4 gage because that is what the (AMP/Run Length Chart told me) don't guess, Electrical Grade Soldier, Ring Terminals, Heat Shrink and Plastic Dip, Battery Tender Plug, Resettable 60 amp Breaker, Marine Shutoff Switch). I think it cost near $200 but it is bullet proof now. I have some extra Ring Terminals I can send you if you do it. They are the heavy ones that you can soldier the wire into which give much less voltage resistance than crimps.
Send me an E-mail when you have time, we need to catch up and I have a question for you regarding your Beast.
Brad
Edited by btfish 10/12/2016 4:42 PM
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