Ewoks New RZ2

[jwanck11]

Sweet looking ride!!! Yeah, put a charger on the house. The charger might indicate right away whether the batt is dead or not. If it isnt dead, I am stumped... sorry.

[Matt Garcia]

If the house is dead I should prob hook it up to a charger or could I run the boat on the lake to charge it, I need to get through the 5 hr break-in period so I can take friends out this weekend. I've got 1.1 hrs on it right now.

I personally dont think you need a five hour break in period to put friends in it (unless I somehow read that wrong). I have always been told that as long as your vary your RPMS and dont stay at a consistent RPM you will be fine.

Also do you happen to check your breakers/fuse box? It should be under the helm, thats always the first place I check. Congrats on the boat.

[biggsteev]

Look under the drivers helm at the the bulkhead and you will see a breaker box with several individual breakers for bilge, blower, lights etc. as well as two switches on the left side of the box that look like light switches. It sounds like those switches are currently turned off which will explain why stereo, TAPS, blower and several other accessories don't work. Turn those both on and your problem should be solved. As for the bimini, the back looks fine but the front looks too high. Your front bimini legs have a button with 3 or 4 different adjustment points that enable you to extend the leg longer or shorter. I would adjust the legs out one or two more positions which will drop the front slightly and make the fabric much tighter. Good luck and enjoy your new Tige!

Steve Parkin
Texas Tige Marine

[Ewok]

Its been said before but this is a great website with lots of good advice, definitely a selling point for Tige. My neighbor had 3 battery charges and I always used one of his but he moved, now I get to buy all the tools he had when projects or problems pop up. I'm at autozone now picking up a battery charger, I'll let ya'll know that solves it.

As far as the break-in period goes, the manual says (paraphrased):

Warm up the engine, while underway, throttle to max until max rpm is reached, reduce throttle to ~2900 rpm and cruise at this speed for ~30 min. reduce speed to idle. Then go WOT for 1 min, reduce to 2900 rpm and operate for a few minutes. It says repeat this cycle from time to time in the first 5 hours and WOT should not be sustained for more then 1 min.

I know why this break-in cycle is important and it would probably be annoying for my friends and their kids if I made them sit through this cycle 2-3 times while we are out. I'll just go out with my wife, learn the boat a little better, and enjoy some scenic cruising.

[Ewok]

Look under the drivers helm at the the bulkhead and you will see a breaker box with several individual breakers for bilge, blower, lights etc. as well as two switches on the left side of the box that look like light switches. It sounds like those switches are currently turned off which will explain why stereo, TAPS, blower and several other accessories don't work. Turn those both on and your problem should be solved. As for the bimini, the back looks fine but the front looks too high. Your front bimini legs have a button with 3 or 4 different adjustment points that enable you to extend the leg longer or shorter. I would adjust the legs out one or two more positions which will drop the front slightly and make the fabric much tighter. Good luck and enjoy your new Tige!

Steve Parkin
Texas Tige Marine

Thanks but I already checked there, both switches are on and no popped CBs.

[Duncan]

Great looking boat! Welcome to TOF!

Agree re onboard battery tender!

[Guapo]

Mine also only has on/off for the batteries...I found this only disconnects the cranking battery. I've had zero issues with my deep cycle battery losing charge and it will sit in a lift for a week or two at a time. If it's the battery, it sounds like something was left on.

Also, did you buy it brand new from the Tige dealer? If so, just give him a call and let him worry about it.

[Ewok]

Mine also only has on/off for the batteries...I found this only disconnects the cranking battery. I've had zero issues with my deep cycle battery losing charge and it will sit in a lift for a week or two at a time. If it's the battery, it sounds like something was left on.

Also, did you buy it brand new from the Tige dealer? If so, just give him a call and let him worry about it.

I did buy it brand new from a dealer but they are about a 7 hr drive away. I hooked up a battery charger and it was dead, I bought a 15 amp charger and it says 3.5 hrs to a full charge. I called the dealer and they said there is another batt switch mounted out of sight above the batteries, I have to dig out a mirror and flashlight but I think he problem is dead battery. I guess something was left on, hopefully I'll see what it was when the battery is fully charged.

Just one more question/sanity check, when I turn the batt switch to off it should kill all electronics except for the bilge correct?

[dingleberry]

Just one more question/sanity check, when I turn the batt switch to off it should kill all electronics except for the bilge correct?

Unfortunately, no. Stereo will not turn on, but lights are still functional (not sure about blower). I know because I drained mine a couple weeks ago after turning the switch off, but I didn't realize that the courtesy lights had been bumped on.

[Iwndr]

I did buy it brand new from a dealer but they are about a 7 hr drive away. I hooked up a battery charger and it was dead, I bought a 15 amp charger and it says 3.5 hrs to a full charge. I called the dealer and they said there is another batt switch mounted out of sight above the batteries, I have to dig out a mirror and flashlight but I think he problem is dead battery. I guess something was left on, hopefully I'll see what it was when the battery is fully charged.

Just one more question/sanity check, when I turn the batt switch to off it should kill all electronics except for the bilge correct?

With my battery switch off, my bilge, ballast pumps and heater still have power

[Ewok]

Unfortunately, no. Stereo will not turn on, but lights are still functional (not sure about blower). I know because I drained mine a couple weeks ago after turning the switch off, but I didn't realize that the courtesy lights had been bumped on.

Good to know, thanks. I love that this site is so iPhone friendly.

[talltigeguy]

Sweet looking boat! Congrats!

[biggsteev]

Most of your dash functions including ballast pumps will still turn on even if you have your main battery switch turned off. This is why it is important to always turn the switches off on your breaker box below the dash. By doing this it will turn off all power to the dash & switches. This is something your dealer should be teaching you at the time of delivery.

[Guapo]

Most of your dash functions including ballast pumps will still turn on even if you have your main battery switch turned off. This is why it is important to always turn the switches off on your breaker box below the dash. By doing this it will turn off all power to the dash & switches. This is something your dealer should be teaching you at the time of delivery.

I don't do this...but I haven't had any issues...yet It's probably a good habit to get in. Of course the last thing I do before covering or leaving my boat (on it's lift) is to check each switch to make sure all is off....

[ragboy]

Very nice.