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    Mercury Pro XS to MercMonitor Level 1 to Lowrance?

    All fine and dandy but not very practical given the ignition must be on if you decide to utilize a network device in the future.
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    Audio Warning system disable with Key on engine off for Radio?

    I’ve owned boats built in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Two where wired to the key switch because there where no empty positions in the accessories panels. The third had two empty positions in the accessory panel which I used to power the stereo/CD and fish finder finder. Ended up running a...
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    Audio Warning system disable with Key on engine off for Radio?

    Don't wire your accessories to the ignition circuit. My ignition switch controls nothing but the choke, ignition and the starter motor.
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    Trailer brake system opinions

    The only thing the conversion would save you is the cost of the coupler less the cost of a break away kit and the associated wiring. Have to swap out the backing plates either way. Probably replace the drums as well if it's been sitting that long. Also need to install and wire a breakaway kit...
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    run a ground wire

    How do you double the number of wires without doubling the number of connections? I simply drilled and tapped the frame and installed a stainless steel ground lug for each light.
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    Inaccurate fuel gauge?

    It is accurate but not precise below 1000 rpm. At that point I’m burning roughly a gallon, gallon and a half an hour. Readings are cyclic (wonder if I’m not seeing the carb floats) but total reading at the end of the day falls in-line with expectation and gauge readings The key to reliable...
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    Inaccurate fuel gauge?

    What type of sender do you using? A perfect ground path (0 ohm) isn’t going to improve the situation if the output of the sender isn’t in spec. Have you put a meter on the output of the sender? Have used a pair of KUS-WEMA senders for 10+years in combination with a Garmin GFS10 fuel flow...
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    Surge Brakes

    Working properly, you should hardly notice them working. Trailer shouldn’t “push” the truck. Truck and trailer should stop as a pair My disks will blister your finger in a couple miles of leaving the house
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    Buffing the hull

    My boat turned 24 in April. Have used nothing but Collinite Fiberglas cleaner followed up with two coats of 885 Fleet Wax twice a year since new. Both applied by hand up until a couple of years ago when I finally bought a variable speed polisher. Was given a bottle of Smoove “bubble Gum”...
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    Evinrude XP-150 Trim has no power

    Meaningless..... its a surface charge. Easy test.....measure battery voltage while trying to use the trim function. If the voltage drops you have a bad battery or trim motor. If the voltage doesn't change, there is something open (fuse, switch, relay, wire) in the circuit.
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    Evinrude XP-150 Trim has no power

    60% charged means absolutely nothing...... A bad battery with a 60% charge is still a bad battery. You need to load test a battery to determine it's actual condition. Yes, trim motor are replaceable. Had to swap mine out this Spring.
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    Evinrude XP-150 Trim has no power

    What was the actual voltage you got? A 12V battery is 12.7V fully charged. By the time its reaches 12 volts you effectively have a dead battery
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    Salt Away?

    The entire surface of aluminum is covered with aluminum oxide (alumina). It is harder than the aluminum itself. Used as grit on sand paper. Aluminum Oxide causes bolts to stick and the white "acne" you see on the surface of "corroding" aluminum, but it's not the powdery accumulation that...
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    Salt Away?

    http://www.saltawayproducts.com/How%20Salt-Away%20Works.htm No commercial product or other liquid substance can move salt crystals from a surface by the act of dissolving them. The salt crystals, in solution, must physically be moved off the surface at obvious exit points. Salt crystals...
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    Old propeller problems

    https://72land-n-sea.blogspot.com/2012/07/aquamatic-propellers.html?m=1
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    Need new gunnel rod holder pieces?

    https://www.greatlakesskipper.com/bayliner-boat-fishing-rod-holder-1718354-arctic-white-pair
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    Salt Away?

    http://www.saltawayproducts.com/MixerPage.htm
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    Old propeller problems

    What motor do you have?
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    Accessories don't work when boat in water

    You don’t remove any wires to check ground. Check for continuity between the battery or accessories panel ground and the hull. There should be no continuity. If there is, you have a grounding issue not related to your power problem. Have you put a meter on the power connections at the...
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    Old propeller problems

    Most mfg. have gotten away from fixed hub props and gone with interchangeable hubs. Lots of 14 x 14 props on the market. Just need to find a 12 spline insert to go with it https://www.rubexprops.com/propulsion/propeller-hubs/
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