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Finally got the boat splashed yesterday, and took it out for a short shakedown cruise this afternoon. The inverter works great - I'm super happy with it. I fired up my George Foreman grill and I was pulling 100 amps in total (about 1000 watts), but 60 of those were coming from the Aux charging...

I've been wanting to try the 15 inch Powertech OFS4 on my 4.2L F250's (detuned F300) to see if they improve cruise economy (I also don't give a hoot about top speed). Right now I have 15 inch Mercury Mirage props on my 330 and I get 1.1 mpg (statute) at 4300 RPM and 29mph as best cruise. Top...

Curious about the value for electric priming pumps? I prime my lines once at the beginning of the season and never touch them again…

If you're brave (and boat in salt water) you can try tasting it. Personally I never do that! :) A lot of boats leak a bit under the rub rail where the deck piece joins the hull, so it's possible you're getting a bit of water through the seam especially when it's rougher. My '03 330 had a pretty...

If you haven't already purchased, I'd think a good SAMS surveyor would be able to tap the transom and detect any obvious delamination. If you own it and are still very concerned, perhaps a good marina could drill some sample holes (from the inside?) When you say moisture was identified, can you...

But I agree - you shouldn't be blowing that fuse!

You could compare these two charts: https://www.bluesea.com/products/5125/ANL_Fuse_-_100_Amp https://www.bluesea.com/products/7144/187-Series_Circuit_Breaker_-_Surface_Mount_100A Looks like in a dead short situation, the ANL fuse would blow in .2 seconds, but the breaker would take 1 second...

I keep looking at inflatable kayaks or foldable boats, but have never pulled the trigger as it's not a very common use case for me...

Yeah - I would get some Ancor brand adhesive lined heat shrink butt connectors AND their adhesive lined shrink tube. Get some proper ratcheting crimpers with the correct size dies. Crimp, heat shrink (use a real heat gun, not a butane lighter), and then cover again with the shrink tube and...

OP: I think if I were going to go to LiFePo house bank, I'd probably drop to single lead acid or AGM starting battery for each motor (instead of the factory bank of 2 each) and then wire 2 Victron Orion DC-DC chargers from each battery to a 100 AH LiFePo, mounted in the same location as the...

Great point. That reminds me that when I replaced my house / starboard battery bank a couple of years ago, I used dual-purpose batteries which are supposed to handle deeper discharges better than normal starting batteries. These are still flooded cell lead acid because apparently my 2003 OEM...

I do the same - had a dead PC from the 90's and pulled the power supply out of it!

Reminds me of intro to electricity and magnetism lab freshman year!

You might try buying or borrowing a DC clamp ampmeter and measuring how many amps are flowing into your house battery bank from the motors when idling and also how many amps your electronics are consuming. With the F300's (assume these are the 4.2L 4-strokes?) I'd be surprised if the difference...

What electronics are you running? How recently have you replaced you Lead Acid batteries? I run my livewell, 2 MFDs, radar, 1kW sonar, fridge all day and night without running down the house bank (though with the starboard motor running). I'm wondering if your house bank batteries are still good?

I did this when I first got my 2003 about 5 years ago. As I recall there's a ceiling panel in the mid berth directly below the station. I replaced mine with a 10ft plastic hose instead of the steel cased original: https://www.scandvik.com/index.cfm?method=products_detail&productID=683

I don't know the specifics of the electronics, but I believe if you open the electrical panel from inside the cabin you can release the pin that attaches the console to the ram so you can open it manually.

Here's a thread that may be helpful: https://www.greatgrady.com/threads/water-tank-sending-unit-330-express.29174/ One trick I use in searching this (and other) forums is to use Google with a search like: "site:greatgrady.com fresh water sending unit" The "site:greatgrady.com" restricts the...

Curious -- did it just fall off? Were you backing down hard or something? How did you know it was missing?

heh - realized I didn't actually post the link. Here it is: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009IK4NG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1