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Originally Posted by tagyak
yaksailer, that is a nice tank. from the pictures it looks like you ran the battery wire thru your hull? also noticed that you had a hobie hatch on it, may i ask why not run the inlet thru the scupper and up into the tank like hobies?
could you take some more pictures of your setup? it looks real clean.
thanks
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Here's some pics. I forgot to take a pic of the hole thru the hull, but that's pretty common; just a rubber stopper with a hole in it.
My 12 volt cell is in a Lock-n-Lock box. It's like it was made for this cell with 2 fuse holders:
It's a pretty standard mounting method, except for the dog collar. Yeah, the wiring is sloppy. I will be rewiring this soon. Goop works well, though. My first timer broke, but OEX replaced it, no problem. I think maybe I didn't have it sealed well enough. I gooped up the wire side and put electronics grease on the cap: should be good now.
I bought the Hobie drain to save time, but it turns out that I had to file out the ID of the collar. The tube didn't fit. Better to just buy a bulkhead fitting and 3/4" PVC tube.
Outside view. It does slide up and down to adjust the tank level.
Yeah, it's just a cheap 5 gallon diesel tank. It's sturdy, though. The spout cap really is useful for draining the tank. You really want a large drain. A little fill cap like the kind on a squirt gun won't cut-it when your ling coughs up an octopus or something worse.
One last thing: IMO Hobie kayaks are the best. I've owned 3 and would buy another.