Well, that was a quick $170...

[kwiktsi]

I lost a Hydra240 yesterday. First speedo failure in a couple years. No fire. Just gave up the ghost.

That sucks. I have been lucky to not have lost any in quite a while, not even the Chinese cheapies. To lose two in one boat back to back was disappointing, to say the least. Especially over something so simple as no water flow .

[T.S.Davis]

I lost a Hydra240 yesterday. First speedo failure in a couple years. No fire. Just gave up the ghost.

[kwiktsi]

Dam i can smell that from here.

Lol, I'm sure you can! I drove home with the trunk open when this happened, I would rather not trade my new car smell for that one .

Got to cleaning today- HUGE difference! Check out the before and afters. Super Clean to the rescue again- I use it to clean my boat bilge and inside the jet ski hulls as well, works great! I also noticed today how hot it must have gotten in there- check out the boot around my steering linkage . I'm gonna have to really check out the remaining electrics, make sure nothing got hurt from the heat.

[kendt]

Dam i can smell that from here.

[egneg]

I had a etti 150 w/ cap bank go up in smoke on me in less than 2 minutes - first and last one I ever owned.

[kwiktsi]

When I redid it, I removed the original fittings, drilled it out and JB welded brass tube as new nipples, needed that- the stock fittings were tiny inside. I did not take it apart to see what it looked like internally though.

[lenny]

Yes.
I think the motor mount cooler needs some modding to it,
For better flow through it.
Or just do not us it.

[kwiktsi]

1. It wasn't directed towards you, yes I saw the part where you stated that you have been running the boat on 8S for awhile.

2. Reading about clogged water pick-ups in rudders (not just here) does concern me, wonder if I should stay with transom mount P/U's.

3. Wasn't trying to bring any fights to your thread, sorry if you took it that way.

4. Check your thread in the WTB section, I did offer you constructive info without any opinions or smarta$$ comments.

Hope this clears up any mis-understandings I might have caused.

Regards.

Gotcha. Yeah, the rudder thing has me a bit concerned as well, but two of my boats have rudder pickups and this is the first issue I have ever had, so I'm comfortable using them still. I think it has to do with wherever I used my boat last, it either picked up sediment or it is corroding or something. The boat has one of those motor mounts that has the cooler on the face as well and that was plugged solid, had to drill the fittings out and beat it on the ground until it all cleared out. I'm assuming the rudder has the same kind of crap in it. I'll have to make it a habit to blow the lines out after using the boats from now on.

If that was directed towards me, this boat had been run on 8S for over a year straight and 6S for several years, it is not a 5S boat on 8S power... The problem I encountered was a plugged rudder pickup so it wasn't getting any water to cool the system. Took out the Etti 150 on 6S last week for the same reason (the same setup that had been run for years on this boat). It is entirely my fault for not checking the complete cooling system. I found a plugged motor plate and assumed that was it since everything flowed through the boat after fixing that, I never even checked the rudder too..

With all due respect, please do not bring your fights into my thread. Thanks.

1. It wasn't directed towards you, yes I saw the part where you stated that you have been running the boat on 8S for awhile.

2. Reading about clogged water pick-ups in rudders (not just here) does concern me, wonder if I should stay with transom mount P/U's.

3. Wasn't trying to bring any fights to your thread, sorry if you took it that way.

4. Check your thread in the WTB section, I did offer you constructive info without any opinions or smarta$$ comments.

Hope this clears up any mis-understandings I might have caused.

Regards.

[kwiktsi]

Back on track here- a couple more questions. Does the Etti not have a thermal cutoff? This is the second one I lost in one week due to heat. Also, too late now, but what are the the wire with servo style plugs and resistor that come with the Etti used for?

[kwiktsi]

Hey Majorpat...
Any questions about why I (tried to) express extreme concern about you running a 5S boat on 8S power in this thread... http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...C-motor-timing

Looks like all the hecklers & wanna be comedians are not 1/2 smart as they think they are

If that was directed towards me, this boat had been run on 8S for over a year straight and 6S for several years, it is not a 5S boat on 8S power... The problem I encountered was a plugged rudder pickup so it wasn't getting any water to cool the system. Took out the Etti 150 on 6S last week for the same reason (the same setup that had been run for years on this boat). It is entirely my fault for not checking the complete cooling system. I found a plugged motor plate and assumed that was it since everything flowed through the boat after fixing that, I never even checked the rudder too..

With all due respect, please do not bring your fights into my thread. Thanks.

Hey Majorpat...
Any questions about why I (tried to) express extreme concern about you running a 5S boat on 8S power in this thread... http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...C-motor-timing

Looks like all the hecklers & wanna be comedians are not 1/2 smart as they think they are

[Cooper]

Pursuit- just yesterday I was running with my buddy who just got one of the new hk monos, the lucus oil, we were close running and I noticed the pursuit seemed to be running sluggish. Was having so much fun I kept running, till kv kicked in. When I went to pick it up it felt very heavy!! Oops forgot to put motor mount cooling hose on. (Pulled it off to tighten flex). Must have had about half gallon in boat!! Everything was under water!! Corosion-x on everything, dried over night and today seems to be ok!!! Bonehead move!!!

[lenny]

We all do dumb thing,
I almost did what you did by pinching my exit line with a big cell I stuffed in the sponsons.
And got lucky I was checking temps and testing that day.
Things where hot and I said ok what happen and what did I change.
My buddy has a couple of the 130a HV and loves them,
He is using one in his Geico setup on 6s and it stays nice and cool.
http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...%E2%80%8EGeico.

[kwiktsi]

Haha, I knew I wouldn't be alone here :). This is not the first, nor is it going to be the last time I experience the magic smoke, but it still sucked to lose it so quickly over something so stupid. I still don't know how it didn't burn a hole through the boat, you should have seen it glowing through the gelcoat!

Are the Seaking 130HV ESC's any good? It would be nice to save a couple bucks, but don't want it if it is junk either. Thanks.
Joe