Hey All, <BR> <BR>Other than the obvious location at the driver's seat, ever thought of locating the fill/empty switches elsewhere? <BR> <BR>Wes

why?

Last summer I water tested a 2005 Svfara SV696... its basically a copy of the Malibu 23xti w/ illusion tower. <BR> <BR>It is a direct drive and had a bunch of switches on the motor box... I was expecting them to be ballast control so the spotter could operate ballast to even out the wake, etc. But they ended up being for something else. <BR> <BR>So an answer to your question? <BR> <BR>On a direct drive... why not put them on the motor box; however, if you pull without a spotter... that would be a bad place to put them. <BR> <BR>I would just leave them up at the drivers seat myself.

Hey Kevin, <BR> <BR>So what were the switches for? Yeah, I'm still thinking the helm is the right location but I just wanted to see if there's any other locations folks had wished theirs were...at this point I've cut no holes... <BR> <BR>Wes

I had pumps and switched under the back seat of my old direct drive to fill the sacks. It was a pain and I moved them to the dash after one summer.

Kevin, <BR> <BR>I saw a Svfara at the vancouver boat show last year with switches on the motor box. <BR> <BR>In many cases I have a spotter who is not knowledgable enough to tweak the ballast so I do not think access for the spotter is prefered. I think those switches are best left at the helm.

If memory serves... the switches were for the heater and lights and stuff... kinda weird. <BR> <BR>I think Svfara just ran out of room on the dash for more stuff. <BR> <BR>I would leave the ballast controls up with the driver.

I am locating my ballast switches under the back seat since the fill/empty process will need to be monitored because I have no vents to indicate full/empty. <BR> <BR>Under the back seat, the wiring is easy since my pumps are right there too.

I didnt want to cut into my dash so I mounted them at bottom of drivers seat.There was a plastic plate that was covering a speaker hole.Worked out perfect.Little dirty down there. <BR><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/65921/265914.jpg" alt="">