Thanks for the heads up Tom.  I have a 2016 refurb and it has had some weird grounding issues since I bought it in 2021.  My running lights rarely work (a wire is missing from the circuit board panel connection for them) and the installed VHF radio does not turn on sometimes.  When that happens I turn on all of the breakers and then the radio magically turns on.  Any thoughts Rhodies?

*Thanks and Stay Well,*

*Stephen Staum*

*(781) 704-1037*

On Sun, Nov 3, 2024 at 9:54 AM Tom Galbreath <otomtomgalbreath at outlook.com>
wrote:

> I purchased a showboat from Stan in 2019, the boat was constructed in
> 2017.  Recently when switching the power on in the boat, I experienced an
> extreme electrical short that caused my cables to meltdown between the
> batteries.  I fear I was close to having the boat catch fire, I managed to
> remove the cables from the battery while using fire extinguisher and
> battling smoke inhalation.  I hired a certified marine electrician, and he
> found many issues with the wiring including lack of adequate circuit
> breakers, use of automotive wiring and not marine rated wiring.   He also
> found GFCI line and load reversed.
>
> I was fortunate to meet and visit Stan and know this is not what he
> intended for his beloved Rhodes 22, I fear the quality control was absent
> in his later years.  I wanted to get this information out to owners and
> suggest you might want to have a qualified marine electrician review your
> wiring.  Hopefully, my situation was a one-off scenario.
>
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