Cuz in his element

Everybody should wish they had a cousin like this one. I’m several years, several pounds, and several surgeries past doing this comfortably.

The Livescope installation required considerable wiring since the pulls have to be about 25 feet from front panel to rear fuse panel. Every piece of electronics equipment required its own shielded wires.

Excel is the most thoughtful boat company I’ve been associated with. They installed 2 inch plastic tubes for wiring(x5) that part run from bilge to console, part from bilge to bow PLUS they pulled string end to end in all tubes so wires can easily be pulled. Only bad thing is the wire tubes end BEHIND the 52 gallon gas tank which has to be taken loose and moved if it can’t be removed when full of gas.

Cuz not only built my new swivel DaDucer on a track system ( from Excel Boats) I designed, he also hooked up the wires on both ends and got the new unit running. Can’t wait to get it on the lake.

Double mount for the Helix12 Mega and Garmin 126sv Ultramap is built by Cornfield Crappie Gear and is rock solid.

Thanks Cuz!!

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With enough practice I may get good at this one day ... ;)

Rickie

Great looking installation

Looks great. And you are very lucky to have such a talented cousin there to help.


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Nice job!
That is thoughtful if a boat builder, excel.
I have said many times, why don’t they put in some blank empty runs?!



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Looks great, Good job rickie !!!!!!


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Looking good, for sure, congrats

Looks great, your going to love that setup. We all need a "cuz" like that. Looking forward to what you think once you get it on the water.

Rickie is the best.

I’ll be interested to see how you like your live scope mount. With The narrow view, I adjust mine constantly when fishing brush piles.
I couldn’t imagine not having mine on the trolling motor


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Rickie is the best.

I’ll be interested to see how you like your live scope mount. With The narrow view, I adjust mine constantly when fishing brush piles.
I couldn’t imagine not having mine on the trolling motor


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LOL, I couldn't imagine NOT having mine on a seperate pole while using spotlock with my trolling motor. I started out with mine on the trolling motor and switched to a separate pole for my Livescope transducer after about a month.

That's impressive!

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Would you mind explaining why you have the LiveScope and HB units and why the need for the bridge mount under the double mount? Is that HB mega SI?
I am getting ready to upgrade electronics and researching my options
Thanks


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That's a really nice set up. Time to hunt them down.

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Would you mind explaining why you have the LiveScope and HB units and why the need for the bridge mount under the double mount? Is that HB mega SI?
I am getting ready to upgrade electronics and researching my options
Thanks


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The Livescope is to see how the fish react to what I’m doing and to eliminate structure that isn’t holding fish. The Humminbird Helix12 Mega is SI/DI to locate the structure that might hold fish and to eliminate water that doesn’t contain cover. It is also GN3 so it will allow me to run the new Mega360.
The bridge is to spread out the mounting of the double mount in my aluminum boat floor. It is much stronger and more stable than the regular round base mount you can see right above the bridge.


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The bridge also raises my units up 4 inches higher than mounting to the floor.


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The bridge also raises my units up 4 inches higher than mounting to the floor.


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Thank you. That helps and is similar to what I was thinking. I am currently running HB gen 1s. This is my plan. I will sell my Ulterra and add the ultrex 36v 112 ( I need the 112 for fishing cats in current) because I want cable steer while fishing docks and timber. I want to addbthe Livescope and a G3 HB mega up front and a Helix 12 G3 Mega SI on the counsel. I haven’t decided if I want the Si/Di or just the DI up front.

Are you able to run the Livescope and the HB at the same time? What about the 360? Any interference?

I currently have his older version mount up front with both a 13 and 6 inch extension and I love it. When single poling I typically fish standing and can adjust the FF without having to bend down. I can see why you have the bridge now and I will likely add that as well.
Do you power the two up front units off the crank battery or do you have a dedicated battery? I was thinking of adding another battery up front if I can get it to fit.



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My boat is set up with 5 batteries. 3 Trojan 1275 golf cart batteries are dedicated to the trolling motor and nothing else. They are under the center console. The engine has a series 24 cranking battery for it and all accessories on the dash like lights, aerators and recycle pumps, double auto bilge pumps. The electronics are run off a series 29 deep cycle battery that powers strictly electronics. Rickie installed a 12 position fuse box near the bilge batteries that all 4 of my GPS chartplotters are wired to as well as the black box for the Livescope and we just pulled a wire for the Mega 360 that is coming as soon as Humminbird gives me the word. Rickie and I feel the best way to keep interference to a minimum is to feed each unit separately from the battery fuse panel. No power is spliced in. Excel built five 2" plastic tubes into the hull so wires can be pulled from the battery compartment to the console or to the bow easily.

Good luck with your plans. Each boat is different and the best thing to do is see how others set their boats up or research the net for ideas and think things thru before you start pulling wires.