SaltCracker
Cadet
- Joined
- Mar 3, 2013
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Forgot to introduce myself on my first post, so...hello everyone! Glad to be part of a great forum with lots of helpful advice.
Here's my problem: I need to replace a section of the wiring to my aerator. It's a 3-4 foot section of wire that runs from a connection in the rear compartment down through a hole in the rigging tube, then through a hole in the stringer and into the bilge. The problem: the wire is embedded in foam where it exits the hole in the stringer. It won't budge. I can get to either end of it, but I can't pull it out. (Hope all that made sense.) The wiring for the bilge pump is also foamed-in this way. I understand a lot of boat manufacturers do this.
So my question is: What is my best option? Can I dig out enough foam to get the wire loose and pull it out, and is that advisable? Or am I better off re-routing that connection?
2003 Blue Wave 190 Deluxe C Special
Here's my problem: I need to replace a section of the wiring to my aerator. It's a 3-4 foot section of wire that runs from a connection in the rear compartment down through a hole in the rigging tube, then through a hole in the stringer and into the bilge. The problem: the wire is embedded in foam where it exits the hole in the stringer. It won't budge. I can get to either end of it, but I can't pull it out. (Hope all that made sense.) The wiring for the bilge pump is also foamed-in this way. I understand a lot of boat manufacturers do this.
So my question is: What is my best option? Can I dig out enough foam to get the wire loose and pull it out, and is that advisable? Or am I better off re-routing that connection?
2003 Blue Wave 190 Deluxe C Special