T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Paint for ME0913

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Paint for ME0913

I have seen people using on the motor and alternator of their car (old/young timer) raw linseedoil lightly dilluted with turpentine. It has good penetration, good protection, is invisible and rather well resistant to heat (boiling water temperature).

another 2 cents,

Carel

----- Original Message -----

From: Mike Gunning

To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 5:38 AM

Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: Paint for ME0913

After checking with our technical guys and the consensus is not to paint. Taking the motor apart will present significant problems. Is the motor compartment dry? There is no real significant loss of efficiency with the oxidizing. You can try cleaning and light oiling to reduce the oxidizing. Keep the compartment as dry as possible.
Mike
Electric Yacht of Southern California

--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, semicolonsutra <no_reply@...> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> My ME0913 has been installed in a wooden boat docked in SF Bay Area. The casing is oxidizing a little bit and I'm wondering if I should paint the enclosure. Does anyone have an opinion about this? And if I should paint it would I then take off the casing and paint it inside and out (the casing not the coil etc)?
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> Any advice would be appreciated.
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> Bradley
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