G-Money's ballast systems

[KonaKing]

Nice looking good

[KonaKing]

He will be here next week. G-Money was first in line.

I am installing the same system, perhaps I will do the back intake instead of the bottom intake.

Mine comes in the back and I can still fill moving slowly

[eks]

Mine comes in the back and I can still fill moving slowly

I think that's the way I will install, for me to let if fill when I am stopped putting the wakeboard on is good enough.

But I will wait to hear the feedback from Andrew and G when they are done.

[SPBFAN]

Cool. Want to drive down to Texas and do mine?

I will be in Dallas early this summer. Are you close to there?

[Matt Garcia]

I will be in Dallas early this summer. Are you close to there?

Yep. I live about 20 minutes from downtown Dallas, then again everything is 20 minutes away. Hit me up when you get in town I'll take you out on the RZ2.

[SPBFAN]

These pumps are capable of 50 gallons of water in four minutes. 8.5 X 50 = 425 lbs of water. By the time you stop get your boards down put on your board on and get in the water the sacs will be full or close to it. And in reverse the same thing for emptying the sacs. 3 to four minutes max and with the sacs G has I would guess about 2 or 3 minutes and he will be ready to go. We put a vent port on each sac because I was told if we did not these pumps will rupture the sacs in no time.

[eks]

These pumps are capable of 50 gallons of water in four minutes. 8.5 X 50 = 425 lbs of water. By the time you stop get your boards down put on your board on and get in the water the sacs will be full or close to it. And in reverse the same thing for emptying the sacs. 3 to four minutes max and with the sacs G has I would guess about 2 or 3 minutes and he will be ready to go. We put a vent port on each sac because I was told if we did not these pumps will rupture the sacs in no time.

It looks very clean!

One question on emptying the sacks, how do you know when to turn off the pump off when emptying the sacks since you never see that the pump stopped pumping water out?
Does it have a automatic off when it runs out of water?

[Bibbs]

Just curious, what is a system like that worth?

[Jason B]

Nice. You look a little too "eager" with that drill though...a big drill and a wry smile are a bad combo

[G-MONEY]

How many lbs of ballast are you adding G?

We are adding 400# in each locker and the bow sac.... 1200-1300#

[G-MONEY]

Just curious, what is a system like that worth?

Not having to fill each sac individually with one pump over the side......






Priceless

[G-MONEY]

It looks very clean!

One question on emptying the sacks, how do you know when to turn off the pump off when emptying the sacks since you never see that the pump stopped pumping water out?
Does it have a automatic off when it runs out of water?

We are working on that....

[eks]

We are working on that....

I work with a few EE guys and we can put some electronic device to measure the current to the pumps, once the water is gone, the amount of voltage going to the pump should change and this device would automatic switch it off.

Just an Idea we were discussing yesterday. They will check to see how much it would cost, theirs guesstimating was around $50.

[KonaKing]

how about a pressure switch.

[talltigeguy]

Backwards Scoop?

I assume that you already had the scoop and just wanted to be sure to use it? The mushroom through hull I have works fine, and I suspect it is significantly less costly than a full scoop.

BTW, I have an extra 1 7/8 inch scoop through hull if anyone wants it. It is the same one in my ballast install thread.

So the ballast puppies can suck water in from a port on the top of the sack right? So you do not need to have but a vent and a fill line on the sacks, correct?

Aren't there some reliability issues with the ballast puppies?