Hello. I am interested in knowing if any other Excess 14 owners have added an on-board air compressor for scuba tanks and, if so, where did you place the compressor and how is that working? We take delivery in June and I am making final plans for the many 'add-ons' that we will implement.
Thank you for your contribution!
We’ll keep it in mind and consider it for future models.
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Merci beaucoup pour votre contribution !
Nous en prenons bonne note et nous y réfléchirons pour les prochains modèles.
Hervé Piveteau - Excess Product Manager
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brydanger
December 8, 2025
Congrats on the boat!
Not Excess14 specific, but we installed one (Bauer Jr2) on our last boat - and given lack of other spaces, mounted it under a guest berth. The compressors get hot and also require drainage, so you'd want to have a plan for both venting as well as draining off the moisture buildup (both of which we did). Maybe not perfect... but it functioned well.
As a point of knowledge however... despite our love of diving - filling tanks is loud and cumbersome, and we found that we almost never used them outside of an emergency (freeing the anchor or helping neighbors untangle chains/anchors after a dragging, etc).
We are unlikely to install another compressor on our Excess13, but may well opt for one of the mini-compressors and/or snuba systems for when those events happen.
Happy to discuss in more depth if helpful!
We’ll keep it in mind and consider it for future models.
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Merci beaucoup pour votre contribution !
Nous en prenons bonne note et nous y réfléchirons pour les prochains modèles.
Hervé Piveteau - Excess Product Manager
Not Excess14 specific, but we installed one (Bauer Jr2) on our last boat - and given lack of other spaces, mounted it under a guest berth. The compressors get hot and also require drainage, so you'd want to have a plan for both venting as well as draining off the moisture buildup (both of which we did). Maybe not perfect... but it functioned well.
As a point of knowledge however... despite our love of diving - filling tanks is loud and cumbersome, and we found that we almost never used them outside of an emergency (freeing the anchor or helping neighbors untangle chains/anchors after a dragging, etc).
We are unlikely to install another compressor on our Excess13, but may well opt for one of the mini-compressors and/or snuba systems for when those events happen.
Happy to discuss in more depth if helpful!