LouC wrote:
....................and while you are at it, replace the factory battery cables with tinned marine cables, properly terminated. I hope the factory is not still using automotive junk on these boats. Do they use clamps on the cable ends, or are they still using wingnuts?.
The standard battery cables on my 2009 Vista were untinned. The clamps were attached to the cables using wingnuts on the clamps that bolted on to the battery posts ( talk about introducing an unnecessary weak link!). The actual cables did not seem to have suffered from any corrosion (the crimped section was covered with heat shrink tubing, which will have kept some moisture out). The (tinned) copper terminals were corroded though ! Wingnuts gone, corroded terminals gone ( and various cables shortened and rerouted).