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Then I needed to re-do the battery panel so it would fit in the same spot. So: remove the old one, measure it up, re-design for new switch location, have it lasercut out of 3mm Al by send-cut-send, spraypaint, and get it printed. I'm thrilled with the printing - found a company that could print...

Way, way cheaper to get Sea Tow... But there wouldn't be any fun in that?!

Over the winter, I decided to 'go for it' and make some battery configuration changes to separate the house loads from the 2 start battery banks. This has turned out to be a large project... My goals are: - have a bank for each of port start and stbd start (using starting, high-cranking-amp...

An update to my original post. I decided over the winter to tackle an upgrade to the battery layout in my 34PC to separate House from the Start batts. I'll start a new thread for that topic. Here's how my boat was actually wired and some pics 'behind the panel' - in short, it was wired as I...

There's a couple options here: - an isolator works. It's basically a diode, is simple but causes a ~0.7V drop in the charge voltage... - better is an ACR. This is a 'smart' relay that connects the two battery banks when it detects charging voltage levels. No voltage drop here... and there are...

You might not have to go that far - just making a note of what the fuel gauge read and comparing to how much fuel went back in (and therefore what the real fuel level was...) can get you most of the way...

A couple thoughts: It may be worth checking the fuel tanks themselves to understand what their true capacity is (without any reserve that might be accounted for in the spec sheet) My 2004 34PC has two 103 gal tanks based on the tank dataplate: I also happen to know (don't ask how...) that if...

Interesting - it does seem like there's lots of variety in the way the boats are configured... The issue I have with stbd start and house being the same bank is that (similar to others) you can run down that set of batts then need to rely on the port start and tie-switch to get the stbd going -...

My 2004 34PC has a battery config the same as discussed in many threads: 1) port start and windlass/thruster (2 start batts) 2) stbd start and house (2 deep cycle batts) 3) gen start (1 smaller start batt) - switch to combine 1) and 2) ... and as mentioned in several threads, I also don't love...

@gustaf, @sgilfus, That works perfect - adding some pics for anyone that might find this thread in the future. I was surprised to see that 1) the headunit is mounted to the plywood face, but also has a little shelf to support it... and 2) that the black surface around the radio is just a thin...

Thanks @gustaf ... I'll give that a try this weekend. Do you recall if there's a way to get the wood piece off as well, or did you have to do all your work thru the hole for the speaker? Thanks, Andrew

2004 34PC - looking to replace the stereo head unit. It looks like the wood panel should remove with both the speaker and headunit - but I don't want to go prying at it and break something... I don't see any hidden screws in the storage compartment below or at the sides - is there a trick I'm...