The official "What did you do to your jet boat today" thread.

[Bluewater272]

Pulled the boat off the lift for the season.

 

[84rzv500r]

finishing up my sound system exploration... was cobbling it together to try different thing,,, wring it all up to new bussbars and breakers today

+,-, & remote

oh and replacing the kicker that came with the boat with new ones... then Im going yachting this after noon to enjoy the fruits of my labor, the brewmaster, and the creator... ??? LOL

 

[MrBubbaGump]

Installed a NOCO 10x3 and did the DSVR mod. Only needed a 10x2 but they have been out of stock for a few months now. Found the 10x3 on prime early access day for $160! Couldn’t pass it up and now if I ever want to add a 3rd battery I’m G2G.

I also did more prep for when I get my tower speakers. Speaker/LED wire now completely ran and hooked up to the amp / bus bar. Added connectors for taking the t-top off.

 

[Tex72]

Added a Perko switch & a maintenance free deep cycle/house battery (for anchoring). Went the basic/cheap route, as I hope to trade up in a year or two…assuming it makes sense, & the world hasn’t imploded.

 

[84rzv500r]

drove it like i stole it... was a little rough comin in but smoothed out on the last leg and throttled up i got to 9500 before the stbd started cavitating bad.... the engines seem to be getting broke in... and I will tell you they like to be run every day... saw 46 on the GPS at 9500... I cant wait till I get my new hybrid HO pumps built...

 

[Tex72]

It was driving me nuts, so I had to go back and move some of those negatives to the second battery, and clean up some of the wire arrangement.
Maybe not as pretty as a bus bar, but it’ll do.

 

[oakley24]

Cut my first holes in the boat today. There should be trophy points for "first hole cut in boat"

It was a very good weekend, 75 degrees in Pittsburgh and no responsibilities...
Added a hatch, found a 13x20 that's a great fit on the sx192. I got a bunch more pics, going to do a thread on the install





Had a very old oil filter stuck, so I decided to get rid of the original air filter box. No performance gain, I just like the look. Plus, I was able to reach the oil filter easier and got it unstuck, and oil changed


Cut a hole for second bilge pump outlet. Still trying to figure out how to get the new bilge pump situated in the bilge area, but got this knocked out while weather is still good



Hopefully fixed the dreaded throttle drop, have to wait until spring to know for sure. I decided to muscle the gap closed with pliers, instead of sticking something in there

 

[MrBubbaGump]

Cut my first holes in the boat today. There should be trophy points for "first hole cut in boat"

It was a very good weekend, 75 degrees in Pittsburgh and no responsibilities...
Added a hatch, found a 13x20 that's a great fit on the sx192. I got a bunch more pics, going to do a thread on the install

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Had a very old oil filter stuck, so I decided to get rid of the original air filter box. No performance gain, I just like the look. Plus, I was able to reach the oil filter easier and got it unstuck, and oil changed
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Cut a hole for second bilge pump outlet. Still trying to figure out how to get the new bilge pump situated in the bilge area, but got this knocked out while weather is still good
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Hopefully fixed the dreaded throttle drop, have to wait until spring to know for sure. I decided to muscle the gap closed with pliers, instead of sticking something in there
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I agree on the first hole cut trophy [USERGROUP=3]@Administrative[/USERGROUP] Either way great job on your cuts!

 

[84rzv500r]

I agree on the first hole cut trophy [USERGROUP=3]@Administrative[/USERGROUP] Either way great job on your cuts!

yep it gets easier after you cut your first hole... after that I just had to take the Sawzall to mine LOL great install ... I was able to find the ones for my boat that were OEM obsolete from YAMAHA on Amazon from the manufactuer...

 

[InmyElement]

Cut my first holes in the boat today. There should be trophy points for "first hole cut in boat"

It was a very good weekend, 75 degrees in Pittsburgh and no responsibilities...
Added a hatch, found a 13x20 that's a great fit on the sx192. I got a bunch more pics, going to do a thread on the install

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Had a very old oil filter stuck, so I decided to get rid of the original air filter box. No performance gain, I just like the look. Plus, I was able to reach the oil filter easier and got it unstuck, and oil changed
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Cut a hole for second bilge pump outlet. Still trying to figure out how to get the new bilge pump situated in the bilge area, but got this knocked out while weather is still good
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Hopefully fixed the dreaded throttle drop, have to wait until spring to know for sure. I decided to muscle the gap closed with pliers, instead of sticking something in there
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Great Job on the hatch!

 

[InmyElement]

It was driving me nuts, so I had to go back and move some of those negatives to the second battery, and clean up some of the wire arrangement.
Maybe not as pretty as a bus bar, but it’ll do.

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Your killing me with all those negatives piled up and that nut only half threaded...haha
Spend the $25 for Blue Sea bus bar

 

[84rzv500r]

finished tidying up my new Amps ready for installation ... ran outa time between meetings...

 

[RobbieO]

Added a Perko switch & a maintenance free deep cycle/house battery (for anchoring). Went the basic/cheap route, as I hope to trade up in a year or two…assuming it makes sense, & the world hasn’t imploded.View attachment 190092View attachment 190093View attachment 190094View attachment 190095View attachment 190096

You should add a negative bus bar. (and a +) That nut on the battery is only grabbing about 2 threads. Leaves you more room for additions.

 

[Tex72]

You should add a negative bus bar. (and a +) That nut on the battery is only grabbing about 2 threads. Leaves you more room for additions.

Thanks.
The next post I made afterwards showed that I spread the negatives across both batteries. I’ve got a flat washer & a lock washer under the nuts. They’re locked. If I removed the washers, the nuts would be on all threads.

edit: Yea, on the 1st post my son was with me helping me put the cover on, & handing me tools etc. He was getting bored, & I felt rushed. I went back to the storage the following day and cleaned it up some. I might add bus bars later, maybe an ACR too…we’ll see.

 

[84rzv500r]

well yesterday I ran it like I stole it, too the long way around and ran thru some 2-3' chop at 30 mph and it was rock stable... moving the fuel cell forward and low on the centerline was a great trade off in speed for stability... installed the second Kicker 10" sub, retuned the amp gains... ran the new sound set up all day (7 hours never moved the volt meter on the house batteries) and got shamed into ordering a remote for the swim deck so TODAY I ordered a JVC RM-RK62M Wired Remote Control for Marine Receivers $72 and hey I haven't bit the bullet and went NEMA 2000...

 

[ZippyBoater]

well yesterday I ran it like I stole it, too the long way around and ran thru some 2-3' chop at 30 mph and it was rock stable... moving the fuel cell forward and low on the centerline was a great trade off in speed for stability... installed the second Kicker 10" sub, retuned the amp gains... ran the new sound set up all day (7 hours never moved the volt meter on the house batteries) and got shamed into ordering a remote for the swim deck so TODAY I ordered a JVC RM-RK62M Wired Remote Control for Marine Receivers $72 and hey I haven't bit the bullet and went NEMA 2000...

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I have the same one on my boat. It is great, but the buttons are very sensitive. We are constantly changing the channel or source with feet and butts.

 

[84rzv500r]

I have the same one on my boat. It is great, but the buttons are very sensitive. We are constantly changing the channel or source with feet and butts.

good to know.. i haven't chose a mounting location yet maybe a plexi cover or some sort of raised guard or slight recessed... i could easily see a cup holder turned sideways as a way to recess it...

 

[ZippyBoater]

good to know.. i haven't chose a mounting location yet maybe a plexi cover or some sort of raised guard or slight recessed... i could easily see a cup holder turned sideways as a way to recess it...

Good Idea! Ours is in the location of the original, so it is easily reached as well as accidently sat on while drinking on the swim platform.

 

[84rzv500r]

Good Idea! Ours is in the location of the original, so it is easily reached as well as accidently sat on while drinking on the swim platform.

yea my boat had the OEM remote in the drivers area under the throttle/shifter controls... that has long since been replaced with a 20A Aux electrical panel that has switches and breakers for the radar and spots/flood lighting and the aux bilge pump switch... so I'll drink it over a bit and come up with something...

 

[RobbieO]

Finally finished installing my custom Marine Mat today. Tomorrow my baby is moving from local storage to covered storage at Lake Don Pedro. Now we can take the travel trailer to the lake, and the boat will be waiting for us. Easy Peasy.