My new (old) boat

[Jethro]

This blows

Doesn't that thing have a heater? Not a problem!

That snow is just missing us here in Southern NH.

[Mac Attack]

No heater buddy.
Sorry to hear it missed you.

Lol

[Mac Attack]

The darn battery didn’t show up.
Was shipping to my work place and we hung till almost 5:30 there before locking up.
Means I have to wait till Monday.
Crap!

[Mac Attack]

Making progress.
Still have to
Mount and wire the stereo speakers.
Run Minn Kota puck’s power wire thru the bulkhead and seal it
Run power to the stereo
Clean up all cabin wiring - looms and zip ties
Extend the Min Kota power leads.
Getting really close.

Edit - and have to fish the TrollMaster cable from helm to stern

[Jethro]

Your late! I've been letting Rhonda (that's what we've named the Ulterra) drive for three weekends now!

I hate marine electrics. Get 'er done!! The fish are biting...

What are you using for a trolling motor plug? After torching a $75 Marinco in a single season, I've ordered a Deltran Battery Tender 70 amp plug. It was the best I could find, we'll see...

[Mac Attack]

No plug.
The trolling motor wuill never come off.
It's bolted on and we did something to lock it in place to avoid theft.
I ran the power cables thru a bulhead fitting into the cuddy.
Will then lengthen them as needed once we get that battery down into the cuddy.
I have a Minn Kota 60A breaker switch to go between the leeds and the battery too for protection.
I can also use it as a disconnect switch.

We got the Minn Kota compass puck wired into the cuddy through the bulkhead.
Also got it and all the remaining wire passthru's sealed with 5200.

Layed out the TrollMaster cable and decided to hold off.
We want to order a special passthru for the cable and some special wire loom to make it look decent.
(we almost went ahead anyway - but decided to do it correct)
So I just oreder things along with 2 day delivery.
I'm traveling tomnorrow and Tuesday.
I'll take the boat into work on Wednesday so we can use the fork truck to load this new lithium battery into it.
I just realized it's heavier than I originally planned.
I thought it was going to be 100-120 lbs.
It's going to be close to 160 lbs.

So it won't be going to Florida with me winters.
No way will I be able to move it around by myself.
I'll get another for down there.
I have another year to worry about that.

So we should be able to test this Ulterra Wednesday night here at the house.

Still have that stereo radio and speakers to finish.
It began raining again here and we said screw it.
I can do that out at the lake anytime.
Good fill in work that doesn't need to happen right now.

Geoff - I have a question.
The compass puck.
Did you mount yours?
Did it make a difference.
I have Lowrance, so cannot connect the Ulterra to it.
Is there really a benefit getting it to connect to the Ulterra and then calibrate it according to the instructions.
Still unsure what it does unless it's connected to a Hummingbird unit.
Does it make the uatopilot or spotlock more accurate?

[Jethro]

Geoff - I have a question.
The compass puck.
Did you mount yours?
Did it make a difference.
I have Lowrance, so cannot connect the Ulterra to it.
Is there really a benefit getting it to connect to the Ulterra and then calibrate it according to the instructions.
Still unsure what it does unless it's connected to a Hummingbird unit.
Does it make the uatopilot or spotlock more accurate?

I mounted the puck when I did the initial install, so I have no idea how it would be without it. My previous experience was with Powerdrive trolling motors with no copilot or anything. The Ulterra is insanely accurate how it is now, that I can say. I can't believe how accurate the spot lock is.

I got a Helix 9 to use with it, having the controls on the head unit is great, and with it I can do follow the contour which you won't be able to do without a HB headunit. Don't know if the puck helps with that feature which obviously won't matter to you. Sorry but I can't help with how important it is. Mine is wired to the same circuit that my fishfinder is on, which is a switched/fused at the helm circuit. I was worried about it having parasitic drain on my house battery, so it's downwards of the fish fish finder switch.

[Mac Attack]

FEDEX lost my battery.

 

[Jethro]

FEDEX lost my battery.

 

What? It's not like it's a tin of beans?

[Mac Attack]

What? It's not like it's a tin of beans?

150#
Yea.  Still no word.
The guy in China is now involved pushing FedEx from his end.

I sent you a PM

[Mac Attack]

Going to SamsClub in a bit to buy 3 lead acid Series 31 deep storage batteries for $99/each.
Will use these to get by until either FedEx finds the battery or the manufacturer can build us another and get it to us.
Becuase these will only give us 100ah, we will only use it when setting rods and things, and fighting/landing fish.
This will give us the autopilot and conserve on the batteries.
Most of the time we simply troll with the kicker.

[Youngblood]

    Marine Batteries are $20 off May 8 to 16. at Sam's

[Mac Attack]

Now you tell me.

[taxid]

Twice I paid for overnight Fedex shipping of trout eggs from Utah and twice they were late. The second time I got smart and got with the hatchery and we demanded a refund as they did not fulfill their end of the bargain. I got the shipping back which I think was about $180.00. This was pre Covid. The eggs were only $30.00!

All the shippers are not reliable right now. Don't even get me started on the Post Office which at one time could get my frozen fish to anywhere in the U.S. including Hawaii in 3 days Priorty Mail for half of what UPS charged.

I saw on the news the new Postmaster General is holding trucks until they are full to increase efficiency. Unfortunately that is delaying shipping.

[Jethro]

Mac, do you still need that info on the draw of the Ulterra or no? Willing to help but an absolute electrical ignoramous.