She's finally home!! Rickk's 230

[Marcq]

I'll see what it will take to mount this somehow along with a switch

Would the switch be to turn it on/off or to select a different battery?

Marc..

[RickK]

I'll probably use a SPDT, so On House-OFF-On Starting and common the black lead. No use leaving it on.  I guess it will hold an avg too, as long as power is not interrupted.  Every time I would switch to a different battery, I would lose the avg.

[Marcq]

.  Every time I would switch to a different battery, I would lose the avg.

True
Marc..

[RickK]

The past few days I got a chance to work on the V-meter - went with a SPDT switch but no OFF, so not sure what that makes it - has a common and 2 poles but the switch acts as a on-off, so it's either connecting to one pole or the other.  So I leave it on the house battery all the time.
Started with a piece of stainless that I had laying around, bent it into a standoff, drill some holes and mounted the meter with zip ties (WHAT did we ever do with out these things)







I zip-tied the wires with a shock loop and sealed/coated all electrical points with liquid electrical tape.  I figure with the shock loop the butt connectors will last forever.

Here it is mounted on the battery control board I made a few seasons ago.  I just LOVE working through that access hatch 


Here is the House battery voltage - both batteries are on a charger:


Here is the Starting battery voltage

[RickK]

As I mentioned in the Get-together topic I lost my favorite anchor in Boca Grande due to my own stupidity.  I marked the spot and maybe will retrieve it on the next trip.  In the meantime I searched the world online for an exact replacement with no luck  :cry:  I walked into the same place that I bought it originally, Marine Surplus (although I bought it in their ebay store) and sure enough they still had one left - been there since I bought the original 6+ years ago.  Long story short I bought it, negotiating the price down to within $15 of the price I paid back then.    It's a Danforth Deep Set P-700 - hard to see on the shank but they're not made anymore.  They make a Deep Set II but it's a fluke type.


I also decided to rig this one for retrieval in case it gets stuck so I bought an "Anchor Saver" rig (http://www.anchorsaver.com) and rigged it up this morning.  It comes with 2 extra breakaway bolts and I bought 3 more extra.
If you look back through this topic you'll see the original anchor install and it was a tight fit then and now that I need to add the shackle up front, I needed to modify what I had done earlier so there was that extra 1/4" that it needed for the front shackle to clear.  You can see it is still rather tight.  What I did was cut the end off the aluminum piece I had put in to keep the rode from getting caught behind the "ears" that stick out of the pulpit - it didn't help anyway.  So I cut the end off and screwed the sides into the pulpit.  Hopefully that will help - we'll see.


Here's the inside of the pulpit now.


So anyway, I added a shackle to the front eye and put temporary lacing on it.  When I find some cheaper stainless lacing wire I'll get it - Worst Marine wants $18 a small roll. Sorry for the clarity.


I installed the Anchor Saver and connected it to the chain.


Buttoned it back up and secured the anchor in the keeper - ready to anchor up again.

[seabob4]

Rick, you're definitely keeping the marine hardware companies in business!  Looks good though, and love that new shiny stuff...

[pete]

stainless steel lock wire at HFT.....$8
http://www.harborfreight.com/0041-inch- ... -8895.html
 

[seabob4]

Pete, glad it comes with the handy dispenser and belt clip!!!  

[pete]

Pete, glad it comes with the handy dispenser and belt clip!!!

you never know!!

[RickK]

Holy , I only need maybe 1/2 a foot?  But I will visit there tomorrow, thanks Pete  

Might as well pick up this http://www.harborfreight.com/retrieving-magnet-250-lb-pull-36905.html to find my old anchor  

[dburr]

Rick if you are not in a hurry, pm your address and I will send you some .042 aircraft safety wire... I will be by the hangar tomorrow night..

[RickK]

Thanks Dave - really appreciate that offer.  Would cost more in postage and time than it would be for me to run to the local HF and buy that roll. I appreciate it and if my local HF doesn't have it I'll let you know.

[dburr]

Standing by, you'd be surprised what will fit in a calander mailer...

[seabob4]

Rick, you guys have a HF local in Sarasota?

[pete]

SARASOTA FL #144
3532 CLARK ROAD
SARASOTA, FL 34231
Phone: 941-929-9464
Store hours:
MON-SAT 8:00AM-9:00PM
SUN 9:00AM-6:00PM

Harbor freight tools in Sarasota,
the wire is also handy as a wire chase,I used it when I de-rigged and re-re-rigged my t top,I left the wire in the legs so I couid "easily" pul the wires back through