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Post by lund2 on Mar 17, 2019 9:47:53 GMT -5
Hey gents, Been thinking of the most efficient way to have my bait tank on my boat and fish while I’m by myself. I saw someone that had a setup like the one below and was wondering if anyone has a this setup or have fished it?  Let me know what y’all think, If anyone else has a solid setup I’d appreciate you sharing. -Lund2 |
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Post by bushwacker on Mar 17, 2019 13:30:10 GMT -5
Hey gents, Been thinking of the most efficient way to have my bait tank on my boat and fish while I’m by myself. I saw someone that had a setup like the one below and was wondering if anyone has a this setup or have fished it? Let me know what y’all think, If anyone else has a solid setup I’d appreciate you sharing. -Lund2 Mward do you know anything about this set up ? |
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Post by mwardncsu on Mar 17, 2019 18:28:39 GMT -5
Lol - I might know a thing or two about that setup.....
For a returned tourney board I can shed some light on it for Lund2 😎
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Post by johnk on Mar 17, 2019 19:55:13 GMT -5
I love mine.   |
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Post by mwardncsu on Mar 17, 2019 20:55:30 GMT -5
Chatted already with Lund2, but that one above is mine above - I worked with Modlin's Welding in Farmville, NC to have it made - had to make it a bit wider than a normal leaning post so a 40 gal SBT would fit under it, and the tilt option is great to free up floor space.
The one issue I've had is how the back is mounted to the seat - it has started to pull out from the seat base and I need to reupholster it and fix that part - looks like John's setup has more of a structural frame around the seat base and where the back mounts, which should help address that issue.
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Post by johnk on Mar 18, 2019 10:33:17 GMT -5
I believe my seat has some improvements over early ones. Changes were made from feed back from Mward. The wiring for the tank is under the floor, running up and out one of the seats legs. Keith Modlin did a great job on my seat.
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Post by Yam on Mar 19, 2019 9:06:32 GMT -5
I love that setup. My tank is in the front and it requires me to walk back and forth to get bait. No doubt, this is inefficient.
The only thing that keeps me from doing that same configuration is the value I get from my built in livewell. Mine rocks for saltwater bait and is also great for purging bait and a bunch of other things. Thus, I just walk back and forth.
Do it!
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Post by lund1 on Mar 21, 2019 6:55:23 GMT -5
We’re pulling the trigger on this....thanks for the feedback guys.
I’m wondering about the best way to run power...the boat has a 3 battery bank for the TM and 2 house batteries. Where should the bait tank tie in? I can understand pros and cons for both sources.
Thanks all for insights....
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Post by mwardncsu on Mar 21, 2019 7:32:06 GMT -5
I drilled a hole in the base under one of the legs, and then another hole in the upper part of the leg - then a hole in the deck right under the point where the hole in the base would sit so that I could run wires under the deck to my console switch panel, and then up the leaning post leg and out to the tank - nothing to trip on and nice & clean.
Don't put the tank on one of the trolling motor batteries - you don't want uneven load there. I'd put it on one of the two house batteries (do you have a dedicated cranking battery?) I've been running my tank off my house battery forever and I don't get interference on my sonaor from the tank pump - I do have a dedicated battery for the tank I installed when I moved to the 36V Trolling motor and had to rearrange some things, I've just never re-run some of the wiring to use it as of yet.
Tell Keith @ Modlin's I said hello!
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lund1
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Post by lund1 on Mar 21, 2019 8:18:30 GMT -5
Thanks Mike...that’s what I was thinking made sense...my only concern was the tank running all night and having a dead boat in the AM...I don’t want Lund2 to have to set his alarm for 2am just to buzz around the lake for 30 minutes.
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Post by mwardncsu on Mar 21, 2019 8:38:30 GMT -5
Overnight I have the on-board charger connected to the batteries so no concerns of the battery dying overnight - however it may or may not get a full recovery charge depending on the size of the battery, how big your charger is, etc. I have also intended to install either an AC/DC convert and switches so that I could flip it over and have the tank powered off the AC/DC while the house battery gets full charge but yet another thing I've never gotten around to. Now, if I had a Lund2, I'd just send him out at 2am....  |
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Post by coheasion on Mar 21, 2019 9:24:03 GMT -5
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Post by lund1 on Mar 21, 2019 16:31:27 GMT -5
I’m pretty ignorant with this stuff and I think I confused the conversation....by “house battery” I meant the 2 batteries that start the boat and support everything but the TM...electronics, lights, etc...the onboard charger doesn’t charge those batteries...they charge by the alternator while the boat is running...
The 3 TM batteries are charged by the onboard charger...so if I power the bait tank at the house batteries they don’t charge overnight with the onboard charger...hence Lund2 needs to drive around at 2am.
What am I missing?
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Post by bushwacker on Mar 21, 2019 16:58:23 GMT -5
So you have a dedicated start battery and a house battery? If this is the case short term I would just hook a single battery charger to the house battery and not drive around at 2am. Long term I would get a 4 bank on board charger and hook 3 leads to the TM batteries and the forth to the house battery. Shouldn’t need to charge the start battery if it is just a dedicated start battery, the Alt will charge it while cruising. I have a Combinder switch on mine(thanks to yam) so when my start battery senses over 12 V it will send charge to my house battery as well from the alternator so I get some charge back to my house battery every time I cut my motor on as well as the start battery. I love the ACR switch since I installed I have had no issues at all with dead batteries Blue Sea Systems Add-A-Battery Kit, 65A, Display Pack www.amazon.com/dp/B00MYT0X3O/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_5GaLCbW5PY855 |
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Post by jmr04 on Mar 21, 2019 22:05:25 GMT -5
Hey Lunds. I used to have the same boat, and I had my bait tank where you are looking to move yours, although I just took out my seat and sat on the tank. What your looking to do is much better than sitting on the tank.
What batteries are you currently running your tank off of now?
My setup was - tm batteries under my console with a two bank charger (only had a 24v tm). Under left rear seat was a cranking battery that came w/o a charger only charged on alternator. When I added my bait tank, added another battery under right rear seat to run my tank and moved my electronics to that battery so my cranking battery was only running my engine and lights. Also added a two bank charger to charge both batteries at night as well as making sure the bait battery wouldn’t run down sitting for a while without running the engine.
Additionally having all of your batteries hooked up to bank chargers over long periods of time when your not around really prolongs the life of your batteries as well as helps eliminate the risk of having a dead cranking battery if you haven’t started your boat for a few months.
The wiring for what you want to do is very simple because there is (at least in my old boat) an access point right under you seat cooler that is easy to get to the battery locations under the rear seats. So you don’t need to worry about drilling any fiberglass.
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