Wondered how long that would take! I shoulda zoomed the phone up a bit..That terminal needs work and right now, I’m not sure how to physically do it and without replacing lengths of wire. There’s not a lot of room in that area. The big wires are charger, alternator, connect to other batt, and panel. The two smaller are alternator regulator sense and feed to combiner. I could probably take the smaller ones to the other battery. All four batteries are one bank. Some fuses are necessary but no room to mount within 7”. I still need to add battery temp comp to the regulator..There are fuses that can go over the wing nut stud but I’m not a fan of stacking those. Hey, I replaced the wing nuts!!
Per John’s request, here are a couple pics of the new Beta 35 and saildrive. The boat is now a little bow heavy and I estimate about four hundred lbs difference between engines. I can’t calculate it as there is no specified weight for the old Volvo. Not sure how I’m gonna address that and maybe I just won’t. There is no weight to remove from the bow...Had a sea trial last wk to dial in the J-prop and I’m really close. The engine redlines at 2800 rpm I and reached 2650 at hull speed. So, still a little over propped and don’t know if I will go another notch. It might start down the other side of the curve and the adjustments are out of the water..The J-prop is a 3 blade 18” feathering prop. The Beta 38 is exactly the same engine and is “fueled down” for the 35. The 38 redlines at 3600 so I can run full bore continuously if needed. Cruising at lower rpm will be a lot quiter and more efficient..
