Pics of the surepower set up? Anyone? Anyone?
I tried emailing them, by the way. Any suggestions on contacting them...no word back so far.
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Pics of the surepower set up? Anyone? Anyone?
I tried emailing them, by the way. Any suggestions on contacting them...no word back so far.
Along this same subject. I want to build a drop-box in the floor of my boat. Yall have any ideas on this?? Just a regular batt-box or something better? What do you think??
In our old bu, we cut out the floor the size of the battery box, and dropped the box down in the hole. the handles on the side of the box hold it up, so it ends up sticking up about an inch from the floor max. Worked great fro 10+ years.
Thats a good idea. thanks man.
I've seen a bunch of rebuilds on the Correct Craft Fan forum I'm on. I've never paid close attention, but a lot of them have this type of set up for their battery boxes. I would assume they either do what dusty mentioned or it is a standard art you can buy from Correct Craft.
Not too sure about the Sure Power set up, I bought a Bep VSR dual batt switch used, on here last spring and installed it. Best thing ever, no worries with a back batt..... Especially for my hard starting antique!!
Hey Dusty..how did you finish the hole out?? Glass it in, then drop the box? Sticking up a inch or so would be great, that would keep water from getting inside of the box.
So, does nobody have pictures of their Sure Power set up? I'd like to see how it looks and what the wiring is like. I'm almost positive it is the way I want to go. Inexpensive and simple, it seems.
Yeah, We did that hole when we replaced the floor in it. So the cut out was made before the new carpet was laid. The hole was just glassed with the new floor, and then the box just dropped right in. Completely removable.Quote:
Originally Posted by jet
Ok, I've been doing lots of searching on this topic, need some advice!! On a scale of 1-10 how difficult is this install using one of the mentioned products?? The qoute I got from my dealer was $450!! I think that's insane and am somewhat mechanically inclined. Is there a how to or directions somewhere I haven't seen?!
Look at the last post of this thread and you can see some pictures of the Sure Power set up I just did.
https://forum.supraboats.com/showthr...?t=8373&page=4
Power cable from the Sure Power to each battery, ground between the batteries, ground from the Sure Power to battery and you're done other than physical mounting.
Okie, is there any preference between the 1314 or 1315? I'm planning on installing the first amp and tower speakers and am not sure which will fit my application. I'm thinking the 1314 will work, any ideas?!
I'd say the 1314 would be fine. The 1314 is one way. The 1315 is two way. The difference is the 1314 is going to favor one of the batteries as the primary and only connect to the secondary when the primary is sufficiently charged. The 1315 will favor either battery and I could see where you could find yourself with a sufficiently charged "stereo" battery and a dead engine battery depending on how you wire things up.
I would rather the engine system favors charging the engine battery first then worry about the stereo battery. If the stereo battery ends up dead, oh well...I guess no tunes...but I can still start the boat to go home.
Clear as mud?
I'm thinking the 1314 should suffice!! And tunes or no tunes, I want the boat to start!! Been stuck in the middle of the lake once, no bueno!! Thanks for the help!
This is a really good discussion, especially since I'm getting ready to rewire my motor. It sounds like since I already have a Perko switch installed on my batteries, I don't need an isolator?
Mine is not wired like some others though. On mine, the positive from each battery goes to the Perko switch and then there is a common positive cable going from the switch to power my panel under the dash. So if I am listening to stereo, it is drawing from wichever battery is selected at the time. Same for charging; whichever battery (or both) is selected, that's the one that gets charged. With this type of setup, is an isolator pretty much useless? I have a Guest battery isolator, but have never installed it.