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I did Sunbrella covers with the Keder track tucked under the overhand to keep water out. Sunbrella can be made waterproof with 303 water repellent. The bottom has snaps. When I want little light or air the lower snaps can be snapped to the rail. In this configuration the windows can be opened...

Lol...I did replace everything. And added some things. The only miscalculation was wiring the upper gauges through the upper key switch. But I have found I just leave the upper key on at all times. It could easily be rearanged with a single wire from the upper key power prior to keyed switch...

I keep thinking about the reasons I wired it this way. One was silencing the upper buzzer in a way I wouldnt forget its silenced and two...so no one can start the boat from the upper helm without the locked up lower helm key on. I just remembered I had it so each helm was independent for...

Lol...I did replace everything. And added some things. The only miscalculation was wiring the upper gauges through the upper key switch. But I have found I just leave the upper key on at all times. It could easily be rearanged with a single wire from the upper key input power prior to keyed...

It does get annoying. But I have gotten a TON of info from Youtube. I should probably get the Premium as well.

Good question. When I first got the boat the bilge always had water because of course the regular bilge pumps couldn't remove it all. It seems I was replacing pumps or switches frequently. But it was the higher water level in the bilge that always gave away the failure. Now that I have had the...

There was some discussion here a while back on this. I think it was a thread I started, trying to decide what is better: Seperate keys upper and lower that can power the panel and start and stop the engines and shut down the warning buzzer. or Arm everything from the lower. I think there was...

It wouldnt take much effort to change it over. On mine I can just pull the power wire for the upper helm and move it to the output of the lower helm key switch. Then either keep the upper key on or by pass the key

Depends on how its wired. If your upper helm key turns off the gauges then it will likely be wrong unless both are powered. The senders come in single or dual station. If dual station and you shut down one station you'll get half value. When I redid my upper and lower helms I had the choice to...

Understood, and its likely I will just end up usi g the Cerbo touch screen. I am mainly just exploring options. So far these additional "options" are not very practical and are quite difficult. I have just realized a third option that may well work very good and cheap to implement. I will test...

I did. Got that far on Friday...lol. Also made evrrything "visable". The fact that I keep discovering new tidbits and details leads me to believe I am still missing something. So keep the questions coming. Did you ever get yours to display over ethernet?

Thanks Robert. I did try the Garmin network cable. I also have the VRM portal as well as the MK3 interface for the laptop. Seems each type of access has different capabilities. And of course I have the 5 inch touch screen. I am sure there is a button I need to toggle. I love the Victron stuff...

I am setting up the Victron system on the bench with the new Epoch Batteries with Victron comms. I am not trying the get all that data on the Garmin 923XSV units. I have the pertinent data coming through on NMEA2K and its mildly usable (no AC data and cant seem to rename the displayed items). I...

Good points above about anchor locker and AC condensate. When I first got the boat it always had 4 inches of water in the bilge. The single bilge pump was on a switch. So unless the owner was around to drain the bilge, it just accumulated water. It had a secondary emergency bilge but the wiring...

I made my own signal with two magnets epoxied to the balancer. My tach drive cover is blocked by a Dixon stern thruster pump so that wasnt an option. But I use that signal to drive an Aetna digital tach and they are fantastic. Very very accurate.

I ditched the W signal some time ago. You can do it for around $120 or so. Hall effect works great and 2 small magnets epoxies on the front balancer. Then bend up a bracket. If your original tach doesn't have the adjustability the Dakota tach adapter is great. I detailed my route in the video...

My bilge gets fresh water when it rains from the rail stanchions and a few other spots. I added a home made dry bilge system in late 2020. It worked great until last month when the cheap pump died. I replaced all the components again for less than $60 (same timer) and made a few improvements...

I have used golf tees many times for this purpose

Ok, finally brought the DC current meter home. Niether match the meter perfectly. It seems the Epoch is more accurate though. One thing I noticed is the Epoch data will only display one battery at a time. So you would think the Epoch reading would be half the value the shunt shows. But this is...

One thing I do like about that one over the 300ah version I have is the remote on off switch that is lighted when on. One thing I need to give feedback to Epoch on, or modify myself, is that when the batteries are paralled, turning one on also turns on the others in parallel. I suppose when one...

Yes..I am quite happy with the 300ahV2. This version also has staggaring charge acceptance rates and discharge rates. Even more than the 460ah. Honestly, even the 300ah Essential non victron would suit me fine. I love fancy stuff and the victron integration certainly is fancy, but I dont know...

Yes...this batch got sold quickly. Also dont forget the have a plastic case Marine 300ah and 460ah battery coming in December as well. They are supposed to be even more feature rich. Victron comm and N2k ports as well as other features.

That piece of masking tape several layers under the glass is just shameful. Pure laziness.

On my way out the door i checked the system again and the SOC as reported by the shunt was off. The Epoch was likely accurate. Epoch still reported what I ended the day at yesterday, 64%. The Victron shunt was obviously misreporting a very high 90%. Obviously wrong. Ill have to dive in more. I...

So it appears the Epoch shows the amp draw from a single battery (whichever you have pulled up) and of course the Victron shunt shows total draw. At times they agree and at other times there is still a disparity. For now I will stick with the Victron Shunt as battery monitor. I ran my portable...