Recent content by davidj65

Oh, I'm not planning on using an aluminum console as the bus. I have a BlueSeas switch/fuse panel and a separate ground bus. I'm just wondering if aluminum is a suitable material for a console? I imagine some boats have a factory console that is aluminum? I was going to ground it just for...

I need to make a console for my 14' tiller to house fuse panel, bus, switches, etc. and I was considering aluminum. Is there any reason it couldn't be made out of .060 aluminum stock as long as it was grounded?

I need to make a console for my 14' tiller to house fuse panel, bus, switches, etc. and I was considering aluminum. Is there any reason it couldn't be made out of .060 aluminum stock as long as it was grounded?

Cayuga?

Exactly, and the floors would have rotted. I plan on installing as much Styrofoam as I possibly can.

Thanks--it is actually 3/4" plywood and apart from superficial mold, it is solid. What was the issue with your old foam, mold?

It is a 2017 V-14, and I do like it a lot. I don't have the option to garage it, but I cover it when it rains with a good cover. Not sure what kind, but it wasn't the hundred dollar one. For the moment I will probably install blueboard foam in the floor. I just can't see installing...

Yes, that occurred to me! Probably well over 100 pounds, maybe a good bit more. It is all good, I am glad to have found it and got a look at the condition of the floor. I'm a little concerned about the structural rigidity that the factory foam has. Blueboard has similar buoyancy but won't...

Started to do a DC install, pulled the deck and the bottoms of the plywood were just laying on wet foam. Some much worse than others, but all of it is wet to some degree. Mercifully, most of the marine plywood(at least that's what the label says) is fine. A lot of recent surface mold, and...

Well, I considered the options and decided that the suggestion to use the middle port pod for the batteries and the aft port pod for the switches and breakers made sense. Removed the top from the corner pod and found that the foam was full of water and mostly frozen. Cut it up and removed it...

Dragging the kids up to northern Cayuga County if it is a clear day---

The vent in the bench seat is for the batteries?

Thanks for the info. Just the last couple years I've been getting a lot more careful about ticks. Apparently a lot in our area.

Thanks for the suggestions. I did not get on the river last year. I don't have a depth finder and the bottom seems to be a moving target around the island. I've been canoeing and kayaking it for years and it seems to vary. I'm probably going to try it this spring.

I guess not master breaker, I'm not sure what the correct term is, but I suppose the equivalent of the main breaker in an AC panel. A breaker rated for the total capacity of the fuse box that goes between the power and the fuse box? I have seen some demo videos where they install one, and some...