Classic Cable Clips?

[ROAM1962]

I am at the wiring stage of the restoration of a 1948 sloop and I was wondering how to clip all wires up.

There are those ubiquitous plastic clips available in all DIY shops, but these don't look great and means nailing everywhere. I also have an anchor light cable to clip down the mast, and after spending quite a lot of golden spruce coloured wiring, it seems ridiculous to attach the wires with these white cable clips. Has anybody have any suggestions on what I should use?

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[ccscott49]

Go to a plumbers merchants and buy copper cable clips, or go to a non ferrous metal merchant and buy 3/8" wide copper strip and make your own. I go to the plumbers and buy a selection, you can always shorten them or flatten them. I had the same problem with those plastic abortions.

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[Peterduck]

With a bit of lateral thinking, how about siezing the cable [at say, 6" intervals] to the masthead shroud, and leading the cable down below through the covering board? I did this with my previous mast [the new one was built with a conduit up the middle] and it worked just fine. I have the same arrangement with the radio aerial cable running up a shroud to the mizzen mast head.
Peter.

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[Mirelle]

Cable tray?

I chickened out of rewiring Mirelle, but I did interfere in the process by making the following stipulations:

1. All wiring under deck clipped to cable tray secured under deck with waterlight junction boxes. Good enough for the RN; good enough for me. Clip at 6" intervals for rubber covered cable (much better than PVC).

2. Masthead wiring comes down the shrouds (gaff cutter, so cannot clip to mast) using black plastic ties - the method I was shown by a yacht electrician who started in the 50's was to first wind a couple of turns of black insulating tape round the shroud, then a couple of turns round the wire, then clip them, every six inches. Eliminates all risk of chafe, and looks neat. He did not use deck connectors - he made a small teak block with a channel hollowed out of the back, turned the cable through this, which he screwed over the hole in the deck with loads of cheap bedding compound, and made the connection under deck.

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[burgundyben]

Re: Cable tray?

"he made a small teak block with a channel hollowed out of the back, turned the cable through this, which he screwed over the hole in the deck with loads of cheap bedding compound, and made the connection under deck"

Nice touch. solves somrething I am about to do, CHEERs!

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[ROAM1962]

I have decided it is best to run the cable down the mast and not shrouds (mine is a sloop) as I might be removing the mast every now and again. I found some copper sadles from ASAP supplies in Beccles. They were very helpful in providing me with the correct width for my cable. They seemed to do all sortd of other "Boat Systems stuff" . Incase anybody is interested they are on 01502 716993.



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