Ballast Indicators

[Ironman10]

Played around with the ballast and auto wake this week on my 21 Makai. Was seeing yellow and red dot indicators next to the fill levels at times. Any ideas what these mean? I couldn’t quickly figure out the correlation.

[sleek98]

Red dot means the sensor is seeing water on the vent line. Manually burp the bag and confirm that it is actually full.

[HFarr]

I was checking my ballast bags too this weekend. I get a lot of air in the two rear bags everytime I fill them. I commented on another post about it. Here is a link to me burping one of them. At least the air valve is easy to get to under the little round access hatch in my ballast storage bins on top.

https://youtu.be/JvPQ9EbPzy0

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[HFarr]

It's also a 21 Makai by the way. And yes, the red dots indicate completely full by the sensors. Or are supposed to anyway.

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[Max20]

Anyone have a tip on how to burp the front ballast bags?

[HFarr]

Anyone have a tip on how to burp the front ballast bags?

Double that question for me too.

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[996scott]

I don't think you can do the front one. At least on my 21 Craz there is no way to get to the vent plug when it is full of water.

[Riddler]

I don't think you can do the front one. At least on my 21 Craz there is no way to get to the vent plug when it is full of water.

My 2021 Mondo has vent plugs on both sides of the front ballast bag, which you can access under the bow side seat cushions and/or helm/OB bow backrests.

[Ironman10]

Thanks for the inputs. Will try to burp them this weekend. I was seeing it jump from 86% to 100%, so definitely sounds like air. Do you have to do this each fill? I saw Hak’s mod in another thread to put in a check valve linking a couple of bags to the overflow port. Anyone do something like this in a Makai to prevent the need for burping?


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[HFarr]

Thanks for the inputs. Will try to burp them this weekend. I was seeing it jump from 86% to 100%, so definitely sounds like air. Do you have to do this each fill? I saw Hak’s mod in another thread to put in a check valve linking a couple of bags to the overflow port. Anyone do something like this in a Makai to prevent the need for burping?


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Hold tight! I just saw a post from Emilware that said he put Kinetic Air vents on his two rear bags, and never has to burp them anymore. I have asked him to post some pictures. If it's what I am thinking, then it is super simple, easy, and cheap.

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