Recent content by gifamilies

Quite a bit of work was accomplished over the weekend. I've decided to go with all wood framing, as aluminum just proved to expensive for my budget. Part of the mods will be to clean up the wiring, and I've decided to route all controls to the helm, where all switches will be mounted here And...

You sir, are a genius!! I'll have some more pictures up tommorrow evening, got all the electrical rough-run last night, and will start the framing when I get home this evening. As an aside, has anyone used the Arm & Hammer waterproofing available at Wal-Mart?? It seems to be about the same mess...

I would think that it needs to be as large as all draws (that could possibly be turned on at the same time) together. Because I'll be using the batteries in parallel, and connecting to the pos of one battery and the neg term of the other, I'll potentially be drawing quite a bit of current...

The 60amp between the batteries is for precisely that, in case of shorts, and it never hurts anyway.

Thanks for the link. When it comes to wire gauges, I've always believed in the "bigger is better, but only to a point" theory. That link, and a lot of previous experience with car stereo installation leads me to the following sizes I'll be using for my electrical hookups: For battery to...

At the risk of being to risque' for this board, aren't most guys willing to pay extra for that?? :lol: Now, on to the subject more at hand for me, when I got home from work, I piled all my stuff in it's appropriate places in the boat (batteries, TM, etc...) and put some scraps of plywood in...

No, the seats are 11.75" wide, which is probably too narrow for an ice chest & or a premanufactured unit. I am considering building a custom 'glass/aluminum combo and replacing one of the existing seats with it, probably the center seat, so as not to effect weight distribution. Finally, the...

Thanks dedawg, As I'm at work right now and not home to take measurements, I've thought of, and talked myself out of several scenarios in the past 4 or 5 hours. My wife also pointed out that I need to consider the weight of kids and dogs in this thing as well. I don't know whose kids, as I...

Thanks for the suggestions, I think I'll fill up the cooler this weekend and take it out to test different locations. The way I've got it set in my mind, my front and rear decks will be about the same weight, so as long as I've got all the other gear roughly where I'm going to position it, I...

Thanks for the reply, Actually, I'd planned to put the start battery in the stern, and locate the two others in the bow to even out the weight a bit I was thinking about something running about 3/4 the width of boat, just behind the middle seat, perhaps I should rethink it, and position...

Here's the basics, I just purchased a 1982 Alumacraft with a 30HP 1991 'Rude and I'm trying to determine if it would be safe/prudent to add a small (20 gallons or so) livewell as I'm doing the build up. I cannot find a HP/weight tag anywhere on the boat, so I'm trying to do a "good judgement"...