I'm familiar with all of the above posters and respect your thoughts on this. While I don't post often as I'm not an expert on anything related to boating, I know that you all post solid information. The same goes for Jeff Cote and especially Nigel Calder. The fact that there is no perfect answer ma...

Wow, excellent info! Russ, the above 2 videos, which I'd seen, are exactly why I reached out to this forum. 2 guys that I've found great info from and both offering different recommendations! I was actually looking into breakers this morning because it would serve as a switch and also easy to flip i...

Russ, do you have any shutoff between the cranking battery and engine? I ask because I'm thinking of installing a DC to DC charger between the battery banks to control the charging profile of the starting and house batteries. This actually isolates the house and in theory I would not need a A/B/BOTH...

Good Morning, I may be opening a can of worms here but thought I'd reach out to the community to see how folks are dealing with the following- -what size of fuses are you using between the battery and battery switch? Seemingly simple but as I've discovered, there is a wide swath of what is deemed ac...

Interesting! The above pretty much confirms that in this particular case I may be over thinking the potential for damage. Kind of a half academic and half practical concern! My plan is to shoot a little rustoleum on the torqued nuts and lockwashers on the brake assembly plate to minimize exposure to...

Great info, thanks! I'll be sure to have my wife film the experience to catch any potential mishaps (for the entertainment of all, ha!) I will have a small crew of folks helping the first time so we'll see how it goes. This whole year has been a great learning curve for me so will hopefully chalk up...

The Mac Bump, I've heard of this on this forum! So when loading, the boat should nearly float all the way into position, I'm gathering. Which means the trailer is dipped to approx where, in your communal experience? Should I fully have the trailer wheels underwater, have my truck wheels to the water...

And re grounds. I ended up getting a white ground wire to run all grounds directly back to the truck connection. Minimizes penetrations and can be a poor connection with painted/rusted metal...

Excellent info!! Putting a hole in the center does make sense as I can see the flex on the channel being mostly on the corners and bottom. I came to the right place (admittedly, I figured some of you guys have engineering experience judged from the posts I've read!) I absolutely will use SS nylon nu...

Morning! I'm curious on what the original winch capacity was for the 26X. Mine is pretty bent up and so I'm replacing it. I figure the boat and accessories will weigh approx 2,700lbs and with the ballast initially draining would raise the weight to nearly 4,000lb until drained. Is a 3,200lb capacity...

Morning! I've just about finished up with my trailer repairs and had a few questions re putting penetrations through the C channel frame of the trailer. I've switched to rubber brake lines and purchased SS clips to attach them to the frame with self tapping screws (#12 is what I had in my shop but m...

I'm glad you chimed in Inquisitor as I've read several of your posts regarding Lithium batteries and your system. I hadn't reached out yet because Lithium batteries get a whole chapter later to themselves in the book I'm reading and I haven't gotten there yet!! I like the 'science project' take, It'...

In my attempt to keep this thread alive while cramming my brain full of new info- here's my new book! I'm working through the first chapter and have picked up a lot of new info on batteries, so far. I've gotten through some parts about alternators but still nothing on ACRs yet. It's a great book, th...

Wow, excellent info and exactly what I was hoping for! Thanks to BF for the personalized appraisal of the pix I sent. All items you mentioned are being addressed and I'll upload pix to show progress. I actually ordered Nigel Calders book so I can get more info on the basics and hopefully write a lit...

You pretty much nailed my situation in the paragraph describing using the switch and I am currently using the dual batteries as you wrote with the exception that I really don't use much house power at all. The marina where I'm moored has no electricity or water (its cheap though, how I like it!) so ...