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    Survey: Is The Capital Meltdown Affecting You?

    Read your history. The market goes in cycles. We have all heard about "The Depression", but there have been ups and downs in the market and always will be. The market is for long term investments. Short term, your money should be in a bank. 100% of the 10-year periods, the market has made...
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    Questions - how to restore an older grady - 28 years

    An old boat is an old boat, even if it is a Grady White. Before putting ANY money into this boat you should have a Marine Surveyor go over it carefully, unless you are an expert yourself. No sense putting new rod-holders and upholstery on a boat with rotten frames, waterlogged foam, and a soft...
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    ELECTRICAL PROBLEM

    Go to http://www.gradywhite.com/customer/manuals/ and find the owner's manual for your boat. It includes wring diagrams and color codes. According to my manual, brown with a red stripe is used for float switches. Hope that helps.[/code]
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    Reverse Polarity

    The new GFCI's may have changed but the older models would not function if you wire a GFCI to a GFCI, the older models don't need power to reset. You can't lump a large service ground fault in the same category as an outlet GFCI. A 30 mA trip would be worn out in a week at most factories...
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    Reverse Polarity

    GFCI's trip when they detect a current imbalance between the hot and neutral of 5 milliamperes =/- 1 milliamp. As others have said they do NOT need a ground to operate. There is no reason that a GFCI will not worked when plugged into another GFCI. Many large services have GFCI protection on...
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    Prop thoughts

    I agree with the above, going from stainless to aluminum is usually a step backward. To make any recommendation you will need to determine the diameter and pitch of your present prop. Then we will need to know the RPM that you achieve at WOT (wide open throttle) and the maximum RPM...
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    180 fire extinguisher placement

    The console door on my Sportsman is made of a white plastic material. On the inside of the door is a vertical reinforcement that is perpendicular to the door. I bolted a piece of oak wood to the vertical piece to make it wider and then mounted the extinguisher to that.