mdolesh
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- Dec 18, 2019
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- Boat Info
- 370 Venture 2013
Twin 300 L6 Verados
- Previous boat: 290 Sundancer 2006
- Engines
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Looks awesome!! Did you run cables back to the helm for a remote? If so...how? Really nice job!
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Looks awesome!! Did you run cables back to the helm for a remote? If so...how? Really nice job!
Saw your FB post. Looks great. I had to run wire the same way you did on my old 290DA when I put a sub under the helm seat and had the amps in the panel closet.
@Cincy Aquaholic : Earlier, I was looking for pics of sub under the helm seat. Any pics you could share? What size?
Best bet is to turn off all breakers and battery switches. Measure voltage, turn on port battery switch and measure voltage. If you have a drop with all the breakers off then you have a short somewhere. If the voltage doesn’t drop then start turning breakers on one at a time until you get your big voltage drop. An amp meter would make this much easier. You’d be able to monitor actual current draw. Does the boat have stereo amplifiers? Those are usually hooked up directly to the batteries. A bad amp could be causing your draw with everything off. How’s the battery charger? Is it on during this time when you switch the battery switch on? Does the amp draw on the charger go up significantly during this time?
First thing is to get those batteries charged back up. One more thing, just because they are new batteries doesn’t mean one didn’t go bad. I have one to change this weekend that’s only 2 months old. Good luck
I have a battery related question also for the group. What does your charger read/show when connected to shore power? How many amps? I have been leaving mine on all the time because apparently its a "smart charger" but the gauge shows very little power draw. Is this because the batteries are charged (which would make sense) or is the charger not working as well as it should? Side note, starboard battery at start up always seems fully charged (13.6+ volts) but the port batteries that are in parallel only show 12.3 or 12.4 volts. Batteries are new this season. Something seems a little off to me. Thoughts??
Thanks for the advice Ryan. I'm still getting familiar with the boat, but I think there's an amplifier, so I'll check.
When I turned the battery switch ON, with the onboard charger ON, the battery voltage dropped quickly. When I turned the battery switch back OFF, the voltage went up slowly until about 11.5V and seemed to level off there.
I charged it up to 13.8V with an external charger last night, started the engines for a few mins in the slip (went up to 14.1V), shut it down, and left the boat in its "normal state" overnight (battery switches off, onboard charger on, plugged into shore power). I'm hoping the one battery with the loose connection never got correctly charged from when I originally installed it. I'll go back tonight, and see what happens, since it was fully charged last night.
Thanks again! Sorry about all that data, but I figured I’d put it out there in case something jumped out at someone. This forum has been an amazing help, especially for us, since it’s our first “real” boat.Sounds like you’re good to go
Thanks again! Sorry about all that data, but I figured I’d put it out there in case something jumped out at someone. This forum has been an amazing help, especially for us, since it’s our first “real” boat.
Nice work, that's on the list for myself. Already replaced the trim hydraulic system with stainless brackets which is a off the shelf option. Keen on getting that engine bay clean enough to eat off!!!I thought I would share a few more upgrades I've been working on. First is my continuous quest to get rid of all steel prone to rust in the engine room. My fire extinguisher bracket was badly rusting and causing dark rust stains down the transom. Removed the old bracket and cleaned the area and transom inside with muriatic acid. I went a little too agressive with the acid and may have eaten away some of the corrosive properties of my stainless trim brackets since they had surface rust on them a week later.
For the fire extinguisher bracket I ordered 0.125" x 2" wide 316 stainless bar and had a friend weld it together to allow the straps to pass under the bracket. Pop rivetted the straps in like the originals and added some 1/8" foam.
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And best part the fire extinguisher did not go off during the upgrade!
Yes heaps better, I have removed all of mine, fun job as stickers are now over 10 years old and some slow painful removal with a heat gun did the trick, used some cutting compound and come up a treat. The boat has got some lovely lines so i don't think it need anything to enhance it subtle curvesTook the boot stripes off to replace. Might just leave them off. Looks cleaner
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I would like to get the information to get this Bimini extension for my 2006 290 SD. Where should I look??? Thank you in advance!Cjameson,
Are these pictures what you are looking for?View attachment 82803 View attachment 82800 This extended aft Bimini top is part of the camper canvas option (which encloses the cockpit) for the 290 Sundancer.