Years back a family member ran an auto repair shop, Interstate offered him a big promotion and bonus for recommending their batteries. Most everyone in the family bought batteries from him when needed over the next couple years. He got some nice kickbacks for all the batteries he sold. About...
What you really need to check is the superstructure of the hull. Fiberglass boats use wood for a skeleton to support the fiberglass which has very little strength without the skeleton. If the wood is rotted and lost its support, a good chop and extra weight could fold up your hull like a piece...
Adding a small motor won't work, not at all. In fact it would be dangerous trying to tilt it up out of the way. The bigger motor's thrust will overpower the smaller and create a drag. HP increases must be done thru thrust at the prop.
I do not own a four stroke outboard, but have heard from others that getting consistent oil level readings is a problem with four stroke outboards, so it seems your not alone with this issue.
Disconnect the pump and see if the fuse blows...probably won't....as already mentioned those pumps don't last forever and need replaced every few years if they get used. My boat has never had a leak so after 32 years the bilge pump still works great.
When I said they have their place, they do. Many small inland lakes are electric only so folks have no choice. Numerous small electric powered pontoon boats and other electric watercraft for these select areas. As far as a larger cruiser or ski boat, NO way is electric power is ready !!
Electric boats, let me electric cars have there place in society. The problem is those special places are so few and far in between there is no profit. The gov't offered numerous grants for EV and battery developement, but once those funds dried up, no profit to keep them going ! Same with...
Absolutely, mother earth has gone thru these cycles numerous times in the past 100K years. What makes today worse is that man has paved so much of the land with heat grabbing asphault, and running A/C units that pump even more heat into the atmosphere....look back 50 years ago, the avg big city...
One of the problems in my area, is how large an area is being covered by the forecast. Years back the forecast covered an area 50 miles by 50 miles but today that forecast covers an area over 200 miles by 200 mikes and in many cases even further. Totally different weather from one side to...
Do you have a good deep cycle battery for all your accessories to run off of?
I have a group 29 deep cycle lead acid battery that runs everything except the engine start and trim. I can be on the water all day, with gps, fish finder, radio, aerator for bait well and accessories plugs and barely...
