Stephen, it is my understanding that the radio should be wired directly to the battery with an online fuse.

Cary
SV  Whisper 86
Claytor Lake, VA

On Sun, Nov 3, 2024, 4:19 PM Stephen Staum <snstaum at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the heads up Tom.  I have a 2016 refurb and it has had some
> weird grounding issues since I bought it in 2021.  My running lights rarely
> work (a wire is missing from the circuit board panel connection for them)
> and the installed VHF radio does not turn on sometimes.  When that happens
> I turn on all of the breakers and then the radio magically turns on.  Any
> thoughts Rhodies?
>
> *Thanks and Stay Well,*
>
> *Stephen Staum*
>
> *(781) 704-1037*
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 3, 2024 at 9:54 AM Tom Galbreath <otomtomgalbreath at outlook.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > I purchased a showboat from Stan in 2019, the boat was constructed in
> > 2017.  Recently when switching the power on in the boat, I experienced an
> > extreme electrical short that caused my cables to meltdown between the
> > batteries.  I fear I was close to having the boat catch fire, I managed
> to
> > remove the cables from the battery while using fire extinguisher and
> > battling smoke inhalation.  I hired a certified marine electrician, and
> he
> > found many issues with the wiring including lack of adequate circuit
> > breakers, use of automotive wiring and not marine rated wiring.   He also
> > found GFCI line and load reversed.
> >
> > I was fortunate to meet and visit Stan and know this is not what he
> > intended for his beloved Rhodes 22, I fear the quality control was absent
> > in his later years.  I wanted to get this information out to owners and
> > suggest you might want to have a qualified marine electrician review your
> > wiring.  Hopefully, my situation was a one-off scenario.
> >
> >
>