Nukeproof187

Also having our FI25 done at the beginning of April.

UShip worked great to bring our boat from Utah to Oklahoma. 

On 11/17/2018 at 3:09 PM, Wylie_Tunes said:

Try leaving the B+ to that suspect light and disconnect/reconnect the B+ to the other tp sync it to the other one and then turn them off and see. 

Turns our the light was faulty, and shadow caster is sending out another. 

23 minutes ago, Wylie_Tunes said:

Try leaving the B+ to that suspect light and disconnect/reconnect the B+ to the other tp sync it to the other one and then turn them off and see. 

I’ll see what happens. Definitely frustrating, but can’t be too hard of a fix.

3 hours ago, Wylie_Tunes said:

Sounds like they are out of sync. Pick one and disconnect and reconnect the light's B+ until it cycles through to the same mode as the other. 

I did that, but it always defaults back to all no matter what color I left it on. I messaged them and they told me to call on Monday. Hopefully it’s just a programming issue. 

15 hours ago, h20king said:

So did you get them to work? Ill be doing mine soon. 

Ok so last night I ran the relay, and thicker wire. Lights come on and stay on, but now the port side automatically diverts to the blue/white while the starboard side defaults to the factory blue setting.. 

41 minutes ago, Wylie_Tunes said:

two pair 14ga to each light or a single pair 12ga for both lights would be how id do it. 

Thank you, I appreciate the info/help. 

3 hours ago, Wylie_Tunes said:

Ok, thats not long enough to get them warm. But what made the difference between not coming on to coming on, but only a second? 

The load of both could be overloading the PDM. A relay triggered by the PDM would be the solution, but you want to make sure the fuse does not exceed the capacity of the wiring to the lights. 

The only thing that made a difference initially was removing the underwater light option, and re-applying it to the touch screen. Had me scratching my head. 

The amp draw is 7.8 amps per light per shadow casters series diagram. I plan to run a thicker gauge wire after the relay. Alongside a 20 amp fuse that should be sufficient yes? 

1 hour ago, Wylie_Tunes said:

Ok, lets start with what you found, that got the lights to come on?

Next, whats a few seconds? This lights have thermal control, and can shut down when they get warm. 

The only way they would stay on for longer than literally one second was to toggle the lights to the blue/white fade option. The longest they would stay on was maybe three seconds. 

1 hour ago, h20king said:

Is it possible the lights need a relay installed? The shadow casters draw at least 5 Amps each. On our fi23 we did lifefourm 9 lights and they only draw 2.7 amps each and worked with no problems. 

The next idea I was thinking was to add a relay from the stock power lead with a 20amp fuse. 

15 minutes ago, Nick213 said:

Are your batteries fully charged?

Yes they are. Even tried this while the motor was running, and still had the same results. 

Managed to get the lights on, but they will turn off after a few seconds. 

1 minute ago, h20king said:

No that should have taken care of it.  

Hmm. Maybe I am missing something then. 

37 minutes ago, h20king said:

You have to enter the dealer code on top left of settings screen to turn on power to the factory lead

I entered the dealer code to apply the swim deck button to the touch screen. Is there another step I am missing or a lack of fuses for the wiring?

On 11/6/2018 at 4:22 PM, h20king said:

Yes I know we had a fi23 and did lifeforms on it. You need the dealer code to activate once you wire them in

Any insight on why the lights would not be receiving any power when connected to the factory swim deck wiring? 

2 hours ago, h20king said:

What shadowcaster lights did you go with? I ordered our fi25 without and am going with the shadowcaster scr-16 in bimin blue 

Also the boat is pre wired, and you can go through settings to change the options for lights on the dash.

2 hours ago, h20king said:

What shadowcaster lights did you go with? I ordered our fi25 without and am going with the shadowcaster scr-16 in bimin blue 

I went with the scr-24's in white/bimini blue.

spoke with centurion. Figured it out. 

So one of the options that was not on my FI25 was swim deck underwater lights. Well we went ahead and picked up some lights from shadow-caster, and was curious if A. the boat is pre wired for underwater lights, and B. how do i apply the icon for underwater lights to the dash touchscreen? 

Thank you kindly

I absolutely love our FI25

5 minutes ago, h20king said:

Went with a black hull and silver flake in the slice design. Interior is moca, wisper grey and charcoal with whiskey barrel gator step. 

Very nice! That’s gonna be slick! 

2 hours ago, h20king said:

So stoked on this boat after doing a demo at the wake 9 polar bear. Our order is in with a December build slot so should take delivery end of January. 

Heck yeah that’s awesome! I’m just glad we were able to get a few good days in before winterizing this week. What color(s)/scheme did you go with? 

6 hours ago, carguy79ta said:

What was your speed? Looks great!!(also the wave!)

In this pic 11.3, but we found 11.6 was the sweet spot.

5 hours ago, wheels said:

Wave looks great, water not so much. 

Not a bad wave at all for stock ballast, and two people in the boat. Center plate at 50, and QS tab at 70.