Bill McElroy
Well-Known Member
Saw this on BassFan.....regarding the concerns of the new Z Series deck lid stringers getting "too hot"...(I thought the same thing when I first saw them)
Z boat update 9/17/2004
Re: all the comments about the aluminum stringers on Ranger's new Z Series Comanche and how hot they would get in the sun, Ranger Boats' David Sneed said the following:
"As we've indicated to all who have inquired, the initial extruded channels shown were prototypes and did not have the ceramic thermal barrier coating on them. During a recent stay in Las Vegas, we did some additional testing on Lake Mead. The Z-Comanche models were left in the direct sun and desert heat for several days while our engineering staff took temperature measurements from numerous locations on the boat throughout the day. The end result was that, no matter the time of day, the rails never exceeded the temperature of the carpet. In fact, they were actually cooler than the carpet itself by as much as 8-9 degrees.
"Out of curiosity, the staff also measured the temperature radiating off of the inside of aluminum lids on competitive boats with results showing the lids to be twenty degrees hotter than the warmest reading taken on our extruded rails. They also did some research on livewell water temperatures and found that the water in livewells with aluminum lids ran 8-9 degrees hotter than our wells with fiberglass lids. Interesting information when one considers the effect heat has on fish and water oxygen levels
Z boat update 9/17/2004
Re: all the comments about the aluminum stringers on Ranger's new Z Series Comanche and how hot they would get in the sun, Ranger Boats' David Sneed said the following:
"As we've indicated to all who have inquired, the initial extruded channels shown were prototypes and did not have the ceramic thermal barrier coating on them. During a recent stay in Las Vegas, we did some additional testing on Lake Mead. The Z-Comanche models were left in the direct sun and desert heat for several days while our engineering staff took temperature measurements from numerous locations on the boat throughout the day. The end result was that, no matter the time of day, the rails never exceeded the temperature of the carpet. In fact, they were actually cooler than the carpet itself by as much as 8-9 degrees.
"Out of curiosity, the staff also measured the temperature radiating off of the inside of aluminum lids on competitive boats with results showing the lids to be twenty degrees hotter than the warmest reading taken on our extruded rails. They also did some research on livewell water temperatures and found that the water in livewells with aluminum lids ran 8-9 degrees hotter than our wells with fiberglass lids. Interesting information when one considers the effect heat has on fish and water oxygen levels
I know my aluminum lids WITHOUT the foam insulation sure do get hot but, the insulated ones don't seem to.
