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20 October 2013, 21:25
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Kill cord material
Does anyone know whether it is possible to buy a quantity of kill cord cable without any fittings on the end?
Just looking for the red curly stuff.
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20 October 2013, 22:30
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And why would you want just the cable?
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20 October 2013, 22:40
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And why would you want just the cable?
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It's very good for attaching yer 2B pencil to yer slate
If you are feeling inventive, you actually attach it to a couple of inches of fine hosing into which you then stick yer pencil. If you tend to break points, cut a pencil in half, sharpen both ends of the halves and use one - you have a fresh point handy then.
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20 October 2013, 23:04
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I agree it would be nice to get hold of some of the Mercury/Mariner cord so you can customise it to suit your own boat a bit better!
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21 October 2013, 07:40
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I agree it would be nice to get hold of some of the Mercury/Mariner cord so you can customise it to suit your own boat a bit better!
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And how exactly would you customise it a bit better?
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21 October 2013, 08:02
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Don't know that I'd want to trust my life to this without some thorough testing, but if you actually want it to attach other kit etc might be worth a try.
You'll notice that a kill cord usually has straight sections at the end where the crimps are so if you could just buy 100m of springy bit you'd maybe have issues at the ends?
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21 October 2013, 09:56
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If you're just wanting it to attach stuff to & not for diy killcords, any dive shop will have curly lanyards for torches/pencils/slates etc.
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21 October 2013, 13:18
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To attach to the kill cord ends commonly found for bulk purchase.
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21 October 2013, 13:41
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Originally Posted by rigi36
To attach to the kill cord ends commonly found for bulk purchase.
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Ooooh! DIY Killcords, I'm liking that. ![big grin](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif) Call the Ribnet Jury
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21 October 2013, 15:22
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It's very good for attaching yer 2B pencil to yer slate
If you are feeling inventive, you actually attach it to a couple of inches of fine hosing into which you then stick yer pencil. If you tend to break points, cut a pencil in half, sharpen both ends of the halves and use one - you have a fresh point handy then.
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Clever idea, sharpening both ends with the (I assume) surgical tubing (note: you can often get surgical tubing at medical supply places; it's pretty commonly used for rehab exercises.)
I have a styrene sheet (divers will know it as a slate) gaffer taped to my console; a bit of the hook side of Velcro glued to the slate engages the loop side glued to a couple of pencils.
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21 October 2013, 15:24
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Originally Posted by rigi36
To attach to the kill cord ends commonly found for bulk purchase.
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Make sure the "commonly available ends" are stainless, or your wasting your time and putting users at risk. And pull-test the crimps to make sure they're secure.
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21 October 2013, 17:57
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21 October 2013, 18:12
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And how exactly would you customise it a bit better?
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Erm to get it the right length so it isn't permanently over stretched and I have to keep buying new ones??
Are you going to tell me that I shouldn't ever do that in case I fall into the outboard motor with it still attached??
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21 October 2013, 20:06
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Used properly they clip into the top of a genuine Honda Marine control box in case of an emergency - see item 42 below.
Or you may want to clip it onto a dipstick
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21 October 2013, 20:11
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They don't fit into the control box as they are slightly wider than the genuine ones.
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21 October 2013, 20:18
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Quote:
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They don't fit into the control box as they are slightly wider than the genuine ones.
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Ahhhhhhh so they are not genuine
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21 October 2013, 20:25
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Quote:
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Used properly they clip into the top of a genuine Honda Marine control box in case of an emergency - see item 42 below. Or you may want to clip it onto a dipstick ![thumbs up](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/thumbs.gif)
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Yep mine are still there
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21 October 2013, 20:28
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CJL
Erm to get it the right length so it isn't permanently over stretched and I have to keep buying new ones??
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Why is your existing kill cord being "permanently over stretched" ?
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Are you going to tell me that I shouldn't ever do that in case I fall into the outboard motor with it still attached??
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![ROFL](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/likeadrain.gif) ????????? -no comment required.
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21 October 2013, 20:29
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Yep mine are still there
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Good to hear Mick - a very handy system
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21 October 2013, 23:11
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Quote:
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Why is your existing kill cord being "permanently over stretched" ?
![ROFL](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/likeadrain.gif) ????????? -no comment required.
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Different boats have different kill cord arrangements. New Merc engines have the kill cords on the front edge of the throttles so unless the kill cord is on your wrist (which I don't like) so it is over stretched putting it round my leg. Having a custom kill cord length would be much better. There is no reason why this would be inferior to mass produced kill cords.
I get very frustrated when people suggest that a longer kill cord isn't a good idea because they can fall overboard and the kill cord not activate. Yes on a small tiller steer engine but not gonna happen with a centre console rib!!
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