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  1. SkunkBoat

    12v question

    Are you saying you have one 36V/60Ah battery or you have three 12vdc batteries in series to power your TM.? If you have three 12v batteries powering your TM then you can, in some ways, rig it to also use them in parallel as 12v house. One upside to using three 12v is simplifying using them as...
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    Fuel level measurement

    Which zuke motor and gauges do you have? SMG4 gauge? You are reading the fuel tank level on the zuke digital gauge? But don't have fuel burn?
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    305 Listing

    none of these boats sit level.
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    Fuel level measurement

    Make sure the zuke is set to american vs euro gauge. Swing arm fuel senders are not accurate. Hall effect senders are better but they are divided into 8 levels. Thats the BEST they can do. Your tank have a v bottom then the bottom 1/8ths hold less than the top 1/8ths. Then there is the...
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    Scupper hoses

    You could plug the bad one from the outside until you can fix it. Wood bung or a nerf plug... Those hoses with the wire in them are terrible. Guessing it looks like this .
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    Stupid question, but need help

    Blue is not ground. It is never ground. It is lighting. There it is backlighting the switches. it may have been fed from the key originally. That lights them whenever the key is on. Its better to feed the backlights from the NAV/ANchor switch, so they are backlit only when you have...
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    Bow eye hook crack

    That looks bad. Not just looks....Needs to be fixed Look at the inside....inside anchor locker? My guess is it is compromised on the inside. There should be a block of wood glassed inside. The U bolt goes thru it. there is usually a bracket on the U bolt with a hole to attach anchor rode.
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    PLB or EPRIB

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    Fuel gauge plug/unknow wires?

    Dark blue would normally be cockpit lights. gray would be the NAV (red/green) bow light
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    Can’t reach lower transom mounting bolt!!

    Are you saying you are reaching thru a 6" piehole? Not familiar with the 282 layout but if possible, unscrew and remove a deck panel. That will let you in there with a shoulder or two. Later, put in a larger deck hatch so you can get a shoulder or two elbows in there. Those pie holes are...
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    Strange Plug, purpose???

    In a single motor configuration, it would charge the "2" battery while the switch is on "1". You would not have to use the switch to alternate batteries to keep both charged. Everyone with a single should use this.... In a "factory" twin setup, there are two battery banks and two switches...
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    PLB or EPRIB

    plb is fine
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    Hatch stopper hack

    My crew struggles with the forward hatch. Constantly pushing it to far and popping out the rubber stoppers. The braces come out of the track. It is a nightmare to get both of them back in. I added some screws behind the rubber stoppers. Should have used a bigger drillbit, but it still works.
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    265x with a bow mount trolling motor?

    OK, so after many different tests of mounting, over pulpit, then under, then under with a wedge, then maybe remove pulpit, I finally just kept it simple stupid and went over the top. To clarify things; Normal mounting has you angle the motor toward the gunnel. On a CC that keeps it out of...
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    305 express fuel valve question

    Look at pix in this thread. https://www.greatgrady.com/threads/3-way-fuel-selector-moeller-033302-10.39055/ There was an orange placard for valve position. Not all models have the valves in the same place but I think the placards were all the same. I have since used green and red tape on the...
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    Galvanic Isolator replacement

    So I found an easier way that didn’t involve drilling a hole. Used the port side, top gunnel rod grommet to mount the new 30A shore power inlet Installed new Fs30 galvanic isolator near the AC panel l
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    Electrical Bus Bar for a 1992 Seafarer

    absolutely ditch the glass fuses. get this.... but you'll have to replace all wire ends with ring terminals. Its getting increasingly hard to find the old style with the 1/4" spade terminals but they are out there It simplifies your project a little.
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    1995 Sailfish 272 Repower. Suzuki 200 or 225??

    NICE! Glad you got the right props first try. One thing to be careful of is the ease of shifting and the detent position between Neutral out of gear and "IN gear at idle". I back into my slip in a strong current. When backing you tend to not look at the F-N-R on the gauges. Very easy to...
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    Correct prop for 228 Seafarer with F225 Yamaha?

    I think he wants to lessen the load on the motor. That can be done either way, lower dia or lower pitch. or in some cases lowering one and raising the other. I'm not an expert on these things There are reasons and trade offs for everything. I know the "Offshore" props tend to lower diameter...
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    Correct prop for 228 Seafarer with F225 Yamaha?

    the smaller diameter 13.75 vs 15.5 comes into play also Dennis. You can go down in diameter and up in pitch... or vice versa.... or just do one....