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TWL: Re: ignition key

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capnrich31@home.com
Tue, Jan 9, 2001 9:07 AM

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Have you checked to make sure that one key doesn't work both?

I ran Sanderling for a year using the key hung off a green float on the
starboard engine, and the key hung off a red float on the port engine.
That's what the previous owner had told me to do. One day I couldn't find
one the the keys, so tried one key in both ignitions. Son of a gun, it
worked in both. Since then I've had about 4 copies made, and keep them in
various places on the boat - I'm worried that with a 1986 ignition I may
one day no longer be able to have keys duplicated!
-snip-
Actually, I was asking at a more philosophical level.
Other than the scenario suggested by Arild, we usually think of one owner,
one boat, security is what the key ignition is for; so why have two ignition
key positions (whether or not they are the same)?
Richard

-snip- Have you checked to make sure that one key doesn't work both? I ran Sanderling for a year using the key hung off a green float on the starboard engine, and the key hung off a red float on the port engine. That's what the previous owner had told me to do. One day I couldn't find one the the keys, so tried one key in both ignitions. Son of a gun, it worked in both. Since then I've had about 4 copies made, and keep them in various places on the boat - I'm worried that with a 1986 ignition I may one day no longer be able to have keys duplicated! -snip- Actually, I was asking at a more philosophical level. Other than the scenario suggested by Arild, we usually think of one owner, one boat, security is what the key ignition is for; so why have two ignition key positions (whether or not they are the same)? Richard
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scaramouche@tvo.org
Tue, Jan 9, 2001 3:27 PM

I broke my one and only ignition key on a Volvo Diesel. Could not get
it replaced and ended up buying a new lock for a motorcycle for about
$24 CAN. No big deal and I can get all the keys I want. Might be
worth considering.

George of Scaramouche

I broke my one and only ignition key on a Volvo Diesel. Could not get it replaced and ended up buying a new lock for a motorcycle for about $24 CAN. No big deal and I can get all the keys I want. Might be worth considering. George of Scaramouche
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rmcleran@ix.netcom.com
Tue, Jan 9, 2001 3:42 PM

If you have two key positions on a single engine boat, I don't have an
answer to your question.

One engine, one ignition; two engines, two ignitions. My ignition
switches turn on the guages and the starter selenoids for each of my two
engines.

Richard Tomkinson wrote:

Actually, I was asking at a more philosophical level.
Other than the scenario suggested by Arild, we usually think of one owner,
one boat, security is what the key ignition is for; so why have two ignition
key positions (whether or not they are the same)?

--
Bob McLeran                              rmcleran@ix.netcom.com
M/V "Sanderling"                        Docked at Point Patience Marina
Hailing port: Wianno MA                      Solomons, MD
Hampton 35 Trawler

If you have two key positions on a single engine boat, I don't have an answer to your question. One engine, one ignition; two engines, two ignitions. My ignition switches turn on the guages and the starter selenoids for each of my two engines. Richard Tomkinson wrote: > > Actually, I was asking at a more philosophical level. > Other than the scenario suggested by Arild, we usually think of one owner, > one boat, security is what the key ignition is for; so why have two ignition > key positions (whether or not they are the same)? -- Bob McLeran rmcleran@ix.netcom.com M/V "Sanderling" Docked at Point Patience Marina Hailing port: Wianno MA Solomons, MD Hampton 35 Trawler