Batteries - Current & Lightning - Oh My

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Thanks for all this good thoughtful feedback.
The grounding plate is, what, a thick piece of copper slapped onto the side of the hull underwater like sacrificial zinc on a fishing boat? No, so it's faired in - and the cable how does it go to the shroud plate? A hole in the side? And something that size disapates the lightening strike without the possibility of blasting your side out? What's better: battery cables, grounding plate, or both? Intense prayer.

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