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    Automatic battery combiner and charging question.

    Haven't installed anything yet, wanted some info so I get it right this time. The charger is always connected directly to TM battery. Yeah I get the point of why a switch with an automatic combiner, but The TM battery is only good for a couple hrs of steady use, it's nice to know on the...
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    Automatic battery combiner and charging question.

    Before this issue if the TM battery was discharged and the outboard was running the switch would stay closed (green light on).. Until the TM battery was charged. .. And if never experienced the red overload light coming on. It seemed to work perfect for almost 2 seasons. Since I had left the...
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    Automatic battery combiner and charging question.

    It's the Noco 5 genius charger, 75 total watts. 75/5= 15 So should be 15 volts. But it advertises itself as a 'smart' charger so maybe it scales back the volts when battery is near fully charged?
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    Automatic battery combiner and charging question.

    I have two 12v batteries,.. 1 House and 1 for minn Kota TM. I have a yandina combiner 100 that automatically allows outboard alternator to charge TM battery as well as house battery.. No manual switches it's all automatic. I left boat in garage all week with TM battery connected to 5amp...
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    Props, so many options

    Mercury pitches their Mercalloy metal mix or whatever it's called.. Anyone have any info on this? They say better than standard aluminum... Sounds like a used car sales pitch to me, but don't know for sure.
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    Props, so many options

    Yeah, I was surprised it wasn't a bigger difference. The 15 is stainless, don't know if that makes any difference or not. I only pull a skier or tube a couple times a year so I think I'll keep this set up. I like to be able to sit in boat and let someone else drive and not have to explain...
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    Props, so many options

    I borrowed a 17" spitfire aluminum prop to try. Trimmed down all the way WOT was 4600 RPMs at 33MPH.. Start to trim up and immediate increase in both. Can run trimmed out all the way at WOT with no limiter.. Top RPMs hit was 5440 at 40MPH. Performance was just a hair slower both 0-20 and...
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    Props, so many options

    Motor now has about 63hrs on it. Bow definitely lifts.. And speed increases. Just hitting the trim button for a second you can feel the bow lift, the spray from the hull recedes from half way up the boat to toward the stern.. WOT speed trimmed down all the way is about 35-36 mph.. Sits right...
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    Props, so many options

    Don't often pull a skier or tube.. Mostly cruising., the limiter kicks in between 5600 and 5700. The engine came with a 4 blade aluminum spitfire 13", was obvious the pitch was too low from the start, and besides the the boat did not handle well in corners over 30mph, acted like a spooked...
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    Props, so many options

    Yes.. WOT trimmed up 1/4 of the way it flirts with limiter.. 38mph.. Trim up any more and engine sits on limiter..no more speed, may even drop a mph.. Tach says 5650-5700
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    Props, so many options

    Got back in to boating after being away for a while and finding with props, like everything else, much has changed. .. Props come in single inch (and some have half inch) increments in pitch,.. PVS holes, progressive rake,. It gets to a point of information overload. My mid 70s, 15+' Glastron...
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    Trailer Security

    I've heard some horror stories about boat trailers being stolen at the ramp lot while the boat is in the water. Even cases of parts being stolen off trailers! (roller assemblies, galvanized or stainless fittings for bunk hardware, and of course spare tires and their mounts) Besides the...
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    Trailer questions for vintage Glastron Tri-hull

    updated pic with a better fitting trailer
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    Moller and other compliant ventless portable tank

    Leaving the cap loose would just mean the expanding fuel and vapors would leak around the cap instead of where it does now. (path of least resistance) The idea of this tank design, like it or hate it is a whole different topic that has been beaten to death. The point of the design to keep...
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    Trailer questions for vintage Glastron Tri-hull

    Nice pics! That's the T152 Skiflite right? 1976? 15 footer? Max HP was 65 or 70hp? I don't ever see these around anymore! Those are original seats in the photo too.
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