bait delivery boat, help with electronics
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Well i got to tinkering around and have designed a boat fro bringing large quantities of fishing bait out to a longer range than i can cast(im so lazy its not even funny)
its essentialy going to be a plywood/styrofoam catamaran, with a trolling motor mounted just aft of the centerline.(i MIGHT, if it works, build fiberglass/expandable foam pontoons instead of just chunks of styrofoam)
my problem is going to be waterproofing my electronics. how wold i go about doing this(at least the receiver and batt), but make it fairly easily removable?
thanks in advance
its essentialy going to be a plywood/styrofoam catamaran, with a trolling motor mounted just aft of the centerline.(i MIGHT, if it works, build fiberglass/expandable foam pontoons instead of just chunks of styrofoam)
my problem is going to be waterproofing my electronics. how wold i go about doing this(at least the receiver and batt), but make it fairly easily removable?
thanks in advance
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TxAggie,
There's almost always more than one way of doing something. There's several ways of water proofing electronics and batteries,the simplest probably being to simply put everything in a water tight container of some kind (a baloon for the receiver?). What you might do with the battery just depends on what kind of battery you use. A car battery? Use a 'battery box' and be sure to vent the thing outboard. Nicads, or nimh batteries? Got another baloon? Or, while constructing those pontoons, build in water tight compartments? Ductape a cigar box??
- 'Doc
PS - It's sort of early, not enough coffee, my imagination isn't exactly under control yet... ask a 'T'-sipper??
There's almost always more than one way of doing something. There's several ways of water proofing electronics and batteries,the simplest probably being to simply put everything in a water tight container of some kind (a baloon for the receiver?). What you might do with the battery just depends on what kind of battery you use. A car battery? Use a 'battery box' and be sure to vent the thing outboard. Nicads, or nimh batteries? Got another baloon? Or, while constructing those pontoons, build in water tight compartments? Ductape a cigar box??
- 'Doc
PS - It's sort of early, not enough coffee, my imagination isn't exactly under control yet... ask a 'T'-sipper??
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hehehehehehehe i would think you were a sooner being from ok 
hmm the ballons sound like a good ide, i may try that

hmm the ballons sound like a good ide, i may try that