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Best ballast pump?
- Thread starter Mainah
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Mainah
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They would feed data to the microcontroller. The micro controller could then take predetermined action and display the data on a smartphone or wired display. So lets say rider A likes both rear ballast full and the center at half. Select rider A and let the controller do it for you. Auto shut off when full/empty. Etc. Non volitile memory would store the levels so not impacted by turning off the batteries. Could even enter/display the values in lbs to make things easier when compensating for passengers.
Calibration would be needed once and a while due to environmental variables. Just more options beyond other sensors/switches. A cool factor would be filling the ballast from the house before walking down to the dock.
Calibration would be needed once and a while due to environmental variables. Just more options beyond other sensors/switches. A cool factor would be filling the ballast from the house before walking down to the dock.
Bob27
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I find that we dont shift water around too much once the sacks are full. If i did it again i would put pump intake on the bottom so you could fill while underway. This should get moved to the ballast section. Cam
dustinjean
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filling while underway is nice, we usually fill while going through no wake zones then finish up while getting ropes out and setting our speed on the zero off etc.
