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Obviously still much to be done. But it should be a nice upgrade from no inverter at all and 2 group 31 AGM batts for house bank to 920ah lithium and Victron Multiplus II 12/3000/120.

I had a pretty good home made dry bilge for quite a few years now that consisted of a Sea flow pump and cheap amazon timer. Its basically all the components that would come with the Sea flow dry bilge all in one but packaged separately and components installed in various locations. My bilge is...

There is a ton of conflicting information surrounding charging Lifepo4 batts. I prefer to find testing that have good explanations attached. Even then there are many facets to charging Lifepo4 batts. Some of those facets are: *Max charge voltage *Absorption time *Floating *Actual capacity VS...

I have read previous threads on the topic. Some like them some dont. But has anyone had one and then had it fail? Either fail from the prop hitting something or just fail in general? I am interested in HOW they fail. Has there been any new thoughts on the matter...

These batteries are fairly new. I was waiting on a final cable to arrive before I could properly test them. Now that I have the final piece I was able to daisy chain the batteries properly so the Victron system could see them. After several weeks on the bench I finally think I have a good feel...

I was testing the 300AH Essential batteries with Victron Comms but those ended up going to a buddy of mine. I opted instead for the 460Ah version X 2 that have the Marine IP67 case and some additional features. I figure for my small boat 920Ah should be more than enough. They arrived a few days...

I am setting up the Victron system on the bench with the new Epoch Batteries with Victron comms. I am not trying the get all that data on the Garmin 923XSV units. I have the pertinent data coming through on NMEA2K and its mildly usable (no AC data and cant seem to rename the displayed items). I...

Recieved these yesterday. Bluetooth, self heating, Victron Comm and huge charge and discharge capacities. 4 comm ports of varying types. Cost was $1199 each and you can find a 10% discount code without much effort. I plan to hook these up to the Victron Multiplus II Inverter/charger and see how...

Last week the storm surge brought the waters to just under the shore power plugs, about 2 feet over the dock. I sprayed contact cleaner in the receptacles and the SP cord and cleaned contacts with Scotchbrite then a light coating od Dow Corning DC4. All seems to be good. Today I was doing some...

A while ago I posted this idea to open it up for criticism. I had no gauges on the boat only sight tubes. No major issues were brought up so I went ahead and ordered the pieces. 3 inch aluminum tube .125 wall 6061T6 and some bungs. Welded those up with a spool gun Not pretty, but pressure...

The original mast is long gone and I would not like the placement anyways. It was in the middle of the upper deck and of course resulted in leaks over the years. The previous owner had it removed and patched the area. Now I am plotting out where the radar will go and I need a radar pole or...

I had a thread here several months ago asking about cameras after I had already purchased the Garmin GC100 wireless cam. It didnt get much good feedback. Well since then I acquired the Garmin GC200 which is the top of the line camera. It worked first try and worked well. But I still had the...

I had a thread a while back regarding adding a remote tank plumbed into the tank sight tubes. I have no top access to the recently fabbed tanks the previous owner had made to replace the leaking black iron tanks. I wanted basic old school gauges. So I gathered the parts, bought some tubing and...

Might come in handy for some. Looks like easy set up and dampening. https://www.holley.com/products/gauges_and_gauge_accessories/gauge_accessories_and_harnesses/parts/19-250

My dock neighbor bought a camper and it comes with two 100AH Volthium Lifepo4s. Its a Canadian product. https://volthium.com/en/batteries/ Its a bit more expensive than the Epoch Batteries I posted previously but they have several configurations and they explicitly claim to communicate with...

So this past week I was down at the boat. The plan was to check fluids and preflight to have the boat ready so I can take it out for a shakedown run. One additional thing on the list was to do a little fuel filtering on the port tank. Ever since I had the boat the racor showed water now and...

Well, I have finally been able to start the complete Garmin install. I had to lay a bit of foundation first with the GMS10 network router, a Blue Seas fuse block with the negative buss (love these) and the NMEA backbone. Once that was wired in then most stuff so far has been easy with the...

Panbo has just done an extensive test on the Epoch Batteries. Ben Steins conclusion is that they are the best battery he has tested to date. Apparently Epoch is an affiliate of RoyPow who is owned by EVE of eve cells. Here is a link to the write up...

What is your feeling regarding used electronics? I have been in the planning, purchasing and collection phase of the electrical side of the Senator restoration for a year or so. Maybe A bit longer. Thanks to in depth discussions here and elsewhere along with browsing the Victron University the...

Brand new in box. I bought this is part of a package with a 923XSV but decided to go a different route with the Radar. New is $1599. I will sell this one to TF forum members for $1000 plus a little for shipping depending on Location. Item is near Tampa in New Port Richey if you want to pick it...

I have two custom 105 gallon tanks on either side of the Perkins. They are tucked up under the floor leaving only about 6 or 8 inches above the tank. The tanks appear to be well made and have provisions for sight tubes at the aft end of each tank with shut off valves for both upper and lower...

Well...thanks for the recommendation. During the course of learning about alternators, W signals, various ways to generate a tachometer signal and using various gauges I learned several things. 1) you can keep your original tach and drive an W signal tach using a hall effect sensor and the...

I just got done figuring out a solid way to drive your old original alternator driven W signal tachometers from a hall effect sensor/magnet mounted to the front of the motor and signal adapter for around $110. Alternator driven tach signals are not the best and can be finicky. But many times...

Sorry for the most basic of questions but I just wanted to pick the brain of the guys that have lots of miles under their belt with autopilots and an upper/lower helm. I currently have everything in the boxes and after doing some additional clean up/out and modification of my existing wiring I...

Two Garmin 741xs chartplotters with mounts, power cords, covers and SW Florida G2 vision cards in each one. SN of each unit just a few numbers off and purchased at the same time. Hardly used for maybe 20 hours. Located in Tarpon Springs Florida. I am the seller and will work out shipping. Please...