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After reading many other informative posts, I’d figure I’d share my install. I can’t yet vouch for the functionality of it yet, but so far it looks good.
I opted to mount port side utlizing a shuttle slide mount. Note that I have it mounted on a custom plate I made that hasn’t been tested by either shuttles,ide, or myself yet.
Things I wanted:
1- no cutting the bow rail
2- no building the deck up with starboard or similar
3- when stowed, the ability to keep the majority of the system inboard of the rub rail
So far so good. The shuttle slide is able to mount directly to the deck. When it slides out, there’s enough clearance to clear the raised lip of the deck. This optimizes the shaft length. I made a custom aluminum bracket angled 15-degrees offset to stow the shaft parallel to the cabin. I also did without the rhodan quick release puck, saving another 1.5”. The plate I made was 3/8” aluminum, and I backed it beneath the deck with additional 3/8”.
The motor Installation is complete and everything seems to work ok in the driveway. I’m in the process of doing the electrical install.
For batteries I went with 3 12V 100aH LiFePo off Amazon. I’ll be charging them with the the
Yandina trollbridge. I have it switched at the dash so I can stop and resume charging with a switch, and wired in a LED to indicate charge status. I have a shunt based renology battery monitor to monitor battery status.
Hopefully I’ll be able to report back to real world functionality in a week or 2.
Pictures - managed to do the whole install while still shrink wrapped. I’ll have better pics soon.
I opted to mount port side utlizing a shuttle slide mount. Note that I have it mounted on a custom plate I made that hasn’t been tested by either shuttles,ide, or myself yet.
Things I wanted:
1- no cutting the bow rail
2- no building the deck up with starboard or similar
3- when stowed, the ability to keep the majority of the system inboard of the rub rail
So far so good. The shuttle slide is able to mount directly to the deck. When it slides out, there’s enough clearance to clear the raised lip of the deck. This optimizes the shaft length. I made a custom aluminum bracket angled 15-degrees offset to stow the shaft parallel to the cabin. I also did without the rhodan quick release puck, saving another 1.5”. The plate I made was 3/8” aluminum, and I backed it beneath the deck with additional 3/8”.
The motor Installation is complete and everything seems to work ok in the driveway. I’m in the process of doing the electrical install.
For batteries I went with 3 12V 100aH LiFePo off Amazon. I’ll be charging them with the the
Yandina trollbridge. I have it switched at the dash so I can stop and resume charging with a switch, and wired in a LED to indicate charge status. I have a shunt based renology battery monitor to monitor battery status.
Hopefully I’ll be able to report back to real world functionality in a week or 2.
Pictures - managed to do the whole install while still shrink wrapped. I’ll have better pics soon.