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So, what is your question? rounding corners? building back what was there?
I would use 1708 more so than CSM . . . Each layer of 1708 will yield 0.045" thickness. Getting 1/4" thickness is 6 layers of 1708. CSM has very little strength.
When you lay up the 1708, soak the underside of it...
It looks like you are trying to preserve the outer fiberglass layer of the engine mount stringers. If I were going this, I'd mix up some putty (aka peanut butter) with the VE resin and some filler and apply it generously to the curved areas on the inside (purple areas). Then coat the wood core...
I've been doing hardwood flooring (again). I did a bunch last year, now onto some more. This is wide-plank maple going into the bedrooms of the summer house. 2 down, 2 to go . . .
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@Scott Danforth . . . Probably, the only thing is that the sunbed gets used maybe twice in a season, when it is working. I fixed it in 2022 and then by 2024 it was not working (again).
I like the TVS idea, which should work with either wiring approach. It also looks like the 30" actuator...
From the wiring diagram, it looks like the main power feed for the sunbed is 10 AWG and the motor feeds are 12 AWG. So, call it 20 amps. The relays are 40 amp rated, so more than adequate, but I'm thinking not right for the environment (maybe).
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If I re-wire, I'll probably just need to...
I am managing to avoid the in-laws at Christmas, since I'll be getting the first knee done only a few days before. Looks like we will be staying home this year. (y):LOL:
With family on the west coast and a seemingly high number of destination weddings, we are traveling quite a bit. We did another wedding in SC earlier this year, but drove there . . . but that gets expensive with hotel stays while enroute.
They are usually the standard 5 bolt pattern.
There should be a certification label on the tank which will have the manufacturer, but again, it is probably the standard sender bolt pattern.
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Usually, and probably . . . a crack in a stringer is indicated of the core (wood) having retained moisture and is expanding. Looks to be early stage, but worth looking into before jumping into the abyss.
Given enough time water soaks through fiberglas. Additionally, during the manufacturing process, lots of holes are drilled in the bulkhead and stringers.
Bring an ice pick and see what pokes through. I agree with the others - you have about a 95% change of finding some level of rot in the...
I found the info I have on the actuator (from when I bought the boat)
Thomson Electrak GX DC 12-10A5-30
It was originally thought that the actuator was bad, but it turned out to be the relays . . . But I recorded the actuator P/N in case I needed to order one.
