Greetings all,
So kind of a neat upgrade that I finally accomplished on my ol gal. Years ago when I redid my stereo and electronics I ran a dedicated NMEA2000 backbone through the engine room to allow me to upgrade to sensors and such for engine data. My 1st step in the process was adding two Garmin GFS 10 fuel flow sensors to tie into my MFS display at the helm. Once I got them all plumbed and hooked up I am simply in shock...
So this is the 12th year with the boat. I know I'm not normal to have one so long.
My old way of thinking and I did tests going out for an hour run then coming back and topping up with fuel and manually doing calculations to where I thought the best cruise would be. For years I ran the boat about 15 mph at what I thought as 14 galhr per engine...
I just had a full tune up done on the boat and added the fuel meters.
at 15 to 16 mph I'm getting about 0.4 to 0.5 mpg.
once I kicked the throttles up to about 24 to 25 mph I was seeing 0.8 + mpg. I have a lot more tooling around with this now but I was shocked as to how far off I was all of these years and how much fuel I could have saved.
I will continue to play with the meters and get her dialed in and see where she likes to cruise and get the best MPG.
Just thought I'd share that you can always learn new things about your boat!
So kind of a neat upgrade that I finally accomplished on my ol gal. Years ago when I redid my stereo and electronics I ran a dedicated NMEA2000 backbone through the engine room to allow me to upgrade to sensors and such for engine data. My 1st step in the process was adding two Garmin GFS 10 fuel flow sensors to tie into my MFS display at the helm. Once I got them all plumbed and hooked up I am simply in shock...
So this is the 12th year with the boat. I know I'm not normal to have one so long.
My old way of thinking and I did tests going out for an hour run then coming back and topping up with fuel and manually doing calculations to where I thought the best cruise would be. For years I ran the boat about 15 mph at what I thought as 14 galhr per engine...
I just had a full tune up done on the boat and added the fuel meters.
at 15 to 16 mph I'm getting about 0.4 to 0.5 mpg.
once I kicked the throttles up to about 24 to 25 mph I was seeing 0.8 + mpg. I have a lot more tooling around with this now but I was shocked as to how far off I was all of these years and how much fuel I could have saved.
I will continue to play with the meters and get her dialed in and see where she likes to cruise and get the best MPG.
Just thought I'd share that you can always learn new things about your boat!