Another Wetsounds Install

[philwsailz]

Here is how I think the Combiner should work: If the combiner is mounted at the remote battery, then it should act as a circuit protector for the power run between the Kinetic and the Perko, if a short occurred and tripped the breaker mounted at the Perko. The combiner is only closed when it senses the alt charging, so, as soon as the Perko mounted breaker tripped, the combiner will open, and stop the back flow of current from the Kinetic.

Does this sound right to you?

That makes very good sense to me at the moment. Yup. I like it....

[chpthril]

Thanks for posting that up! Waytek had the switch and mounts I've been looking for to control my LED lights. WAY cheaper than anything I've found that I liked.

Cool, they have been cheaper on most things then some so called wholesale distributors.

[chpthril]

After some great input from Phil, we have made a minor adjustment to the diagram.

The circuit breaker at the Perko needs to mounted as close to the Perko as possible and the Iso/combiner will need to be mounted with the Kinetik, as close as possible.

[Micah]

Thanks for your time on drawing that up. I get the boat out of staorage April 14th, so I will post progress pictures of the install. Once again thanks everyone for your imput.

[philwsailz]

Keep us posted!!!!!

[Micah]

Does anyone know where I can find a distribution block that has 1 (0ga) coming in, 1 (0ga) going out, 1 (4ga) going out and 1 (8ga) going out? I would need two, one for positive and one for negative. I'm having a hard time finding them. Thanks

[Jason B]

I couldn't find anything with a 0 gauge "out" but that second one may work. If the two inputs are connected--you could effectively use the 2nd "input" as an output. Yo umay also be able to ream one of the holes out a bit if you're handy.

http://cgi.ebay.com/PHOENIX-GOLD-FUS...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Stinger-HPM-4-Ga...QQcmdZViewItem

hope those help a bit.

[Jason B]

Cool, they have been cheaper on most things then some so called wholesale distributors.

WOW!!! I got home from work last night around 10pm and my order was already there! Holy crap that was speedy. They look absolutely perfect too. I'm itching now to start building out my switch box. Gonna look nice.

Thanks again Chp.

[chpthril]

2 of these will work - Sound Quest By Stinger PDB104S Distribution Block

http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/S...id/0/SFV/30046

[Micah]

Well the boat finally comes out of storage next Monday. I've been busy building the box for the sub
Here's the box after a few coats of resin.
Now it's just waiting for the carpet. I've picked up a couple more items to throw in the install. I'm switching out my old deck for the Clarion CMD4 and I also picked up a Harman Kardon Drive and Play to control the ipod. I was reading another thread about how to connect the box to the boat and it got me thinking. What is everyone else doing? Should I just screw it into the wall under the drivers seat where the current sub is or put the box under in the storage and attatch it there? Is there an advantage as far as sound is concerned? My current sub is a 10" open air in the wall under the dash.

[chpthril]

Looks good Micah Your stuff should be there tomorrow, I hope.

Box look great. If it were me, I would mount the Sub in the factory location, and then cut away the carpet, add a bead of sealer, and mount the box to the back side of the wall. I like having the leg room

[philwsailz]

Looks good Micah Your stuff should be there tomorrow, I hope.

Box look great. If it were me, I would mount the Sub in the factory location, and then cut away the carpet, add a bead of sealer, and mount the box to the back side of the wall. I like having the leg room

That is a good recommendation; I concur as well. It looks like factory, but with the advantage of an acutal enslosure.

I would suggest one thing to add though; specifically to add some support under the box to keep the foot well wall from carrying the weight of the woofer and the box. It might prevent some heartbreak when the seas are rough...

[Micah]

I'll build a stand for it and then resin it and carpet it. It should just blend in. Thanks, guys.

[Micah]

On another note, I was on the phone with Ble Sea yesterday inquiring about the Battery Link ACR and if it would work the way I planned on using it. We spoke for quite a while, I even sent them my wiring diagram. The conclusion they came to was that it was not ment to be used in that application but it will certainly work. It is meant to go between two batteries but the way I am using it it will work great. They just never planned on it being used like that. It will basically control the voltage charge the Kinetik is receiving and it will combine the Kinetik during the charging cycle and disconnect from the other battery banks under discharge. It was all over my head but they approved of the application with the two different style of batteries.

[chpthril]

On another note, I was on the phone with Ble Sea yesterday inquiring about the Battery Link ACR and if it would work the way I planned on using it. We spoke for quite a while, I even sent them my wiring diagram. The conclusion they came to was that it was not ment to be used in that application but it will certainly work. It is meant to go between two batteries but the way I am using it it will work great. They just never planned on it being used like that. It will basically control the voltage charge the Kinetik is receiving and it will combine the Kinetik during the charging cycle and disconnect from the other battery banks under discharge. It was all over my head but they approved of the application with the two different style of batteries.

I'm glad they concurred with us It defenitaly was a little out of the ordinary diagram. I've haven't installed an ACR yet, but my gut said it should work.

Keep the pics coming.