Westcoast

Cha-Ching

scottie150

50,000 starving comedians in the world and you're trying to be one!

jaxx 30

I think i'm going to have to put a tip jar on the push bar of my patrol vehicle to help raise the funds for optima's..............

Kims

No overkill really, since I have 3 AMP and 16 speakers located around the boat. I came up with this setup after talking to the engineers at BlueSea. The beauty of my system is that I don't have to worry about the electricity on board. At any given time I can take a quick look at the meter and it will tell me how many hours I got left before the batteries are 50%. I have to admit I love the system...

Hey, we need you at Delta now that we are getting all these funky European airplanes from NWA... I placed the six batteries in the back after welding together some frames and a little glass work they are securily attached and easy to reach. For your switches as well as your dash, I suggest you contact Fred at Livorsi.com , they are very knowledgeable and very helful. They powdercoated my panels and laser engraved them as well. For your batteries, go to autozone and get the deep cycle blue tops - definately the most bang for the buck.

Not really, bought all my parts on E-Bay and got away pretty cheap compared to what it cost retail, not to mention installed.

I tried that on my airplane, company didn't like it...


Here is a picture of the switch panel, yes, these three switches controls all batteries and all emergency paralell connections. Not very complex once you break the wiring down..




This is the panel that controls the electricity onboard (the black one all the way to the right):

jaxx 30

Okay I got the water pumps in and fired up the boat (wet of course!). I ran both starboard and port and did not see any water comming out of the trannies. After further inspection, the tips of the lines that come out of the transom were corroded closed. So I took off the tips and went to fire up the starboard engine........and........nothing. No clicks, sounds, nothing.......from the starter. I have double checked all the wiring and grounds and everything looks the same. Any ideas? I'm thinking its in the starter-I once had one with a dead spot. Bad solinoid? Bad switch? What do you think guys?

scottie150

I had this happen to me a couple of years ago- first check the battery and all the cables, make sure you havn't lost your ground by corrosion, etc. On the big blocks there is a starter solenoid near the main wiring harness, make sure you check that before you assume the starter is bad. Hopefully your starter is easier to pull out than mine is- because I have to stand on my head and say a few choice words to make mine happen. Last but not least make sure you use the right GM starter bolts, or your starter will grind and you will have to do the job all over again.(don't ask me how I know that.)

Hope this helps- if you need some more help pm me-

Scott

jaxx 30

How would I check the soleniod? I think my wiring setup us the same as yours with the solenoid over where the engine meets the trans.

MikeyFIN

And I need something more over here....

scottie150

Jaxx- Did you get it figured out?

Westcoast

Don't they put optimas in the patrol cars?