Vapor-rub
02-17-2005, 03:34 PM
I just bought a 2004 Supra SSV that has the stock triple Bertha Ballast system. This is my first boat with an automatic ballast system, so I have a question about it.
When I took the boat out for the first time the other day I filled the rear sacs to make sure everything worked. I flipped the switch to fill up both rear sacs. As I expected, when they started to get full water started shooting out of the drain holes on the sides of the boat. I have friends with auto ballast systems in their boats and theirs do this as well, so I was expecting it.
When the water started coming out of the drain holes I flipped the fill switch to the off position. With the switch in the off position water continued to drain out of the drain holes for another 10-15 seconds. I looked at the sacs in the rear compartments and noticed that they were only 90%-95% full. They were close to full, but by no means anywhere close to buldging. Is this normal?
As I said before, I have friends that have auto ballast systems in their boats, Malibus to be exact. As far as I can remember, their systems do not do this. When they flip the fill switch to off the water stops draining. I just confirmed this with a one of my friends and he said that his ballast sacs are very full when he flips the switch to off. Is the Bertha Ballast system just different or is something wrong here?
When I took the boat out for the first time the other day I filled the rear sacs to make sure everything worked. I flipped the switch to fill up both rear sacs. As I expected, when they started to get full water started shooting out of the drain holes on the sides of the boat. I have friends with auto ballast systems in their boats and theirs do this as well, so I was expecting it.
When the water started coming out of the drain holes I flipped the fill switch to the off position. With the switch in the off position water continued to drain out of the drain holes for another 10-15 seconds. I looked at the sacs in the rear compartments and noticed that they were only 90%-95% full. They were close to full, but by no means anywhere close to buldging. Is this normal?
As I said before, I have friends that have auto ballast systems in their boats, Malibus to be exact. As far as I can remember, their systems do not do this. When they flip the fill switch to off the water stops draining. I just confirmed this with a one of my friends and he said that his ballast sacs are very full when he flips the switch to off. Is the Bertha Ballast system just different or is something wrong here?