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I am relatively new to this forum and am unaware of etiquette. I searched the archives for the most relevant posting and hoped that despite the stale date of the thread, some of the boaters with electrical systems experience might respond. I have come to realize that this is a complex question...

stray currents thanks for the tips - I am aware of the danger of electric shock drowning and a frightened the boat was in this condition for an entire season. I am 90% convinced the marina power has no earth grounding at the panel. I ran into this once in house wiring, lights would flicker and...

I have a grounding conundrum - Grand Banks 36 trawler. . AC power is leaking though my engine DC neg ground to the prop shaft into the water. My AC power system seems good - however I found my AC green ground connected to the boats DC negative ground somehow- is this correct? DC and AC interface...

never was aware the splitter had a microswitch-most people install a separate antenna as a 100 % back up. I used a splitter for a VHF/FM setup. Makes sense if the splitter was designed for 2 VHF radios as damage would occur to the receiving radio without it.

Obviously if you can get good occasional reception by wiggling the connector, theres something wrong with the connector/wire termination - not the antenna or the splitter. Take the connector off and try again. These are tricky to get them soldered correctly ( the braided shield ground soldering...