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Amphion
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 Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 3:00 pm Post subject: Electrical Gremlin? |
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Hi All,
I have an issue and hope with your help I can resolve it.
I brought my boat home out of storage. I ran the motors, no problems. Checked that the bilge pump was working..no problem. However, I can manually turn on the bilge from the helm, but everything else is dead.
I have checked both batteries and all the fuses. I have cleaned all the connections at the batteries.
Am I missing something obvious?
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
If I scratch my head anymore on this one there won't be any left.
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Ray
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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The bilge pump most likely works because they are typically connected directly to the battery.
The rest of your circuits are all likely going through an ON-OFF-ON switch, a large fuse, or both. You might check for one of those.
Hope this helps some,
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BrentB
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Do you have a circuit breaker with push button reset close to the batteries? Follow red wire + from the battery
It can be re set by pressing the button
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Amphion
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I found a couple of breakers and reset them...still nothing. |
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smckean (Tosca)
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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| If you have a volt meter (or other 12v tester), you can start at the battery ensuring there is 12v power there; and then start following wires to ensure that at each junction (e.g., a connector, a fuse, a switch, a device) there is still 12v. When there isn't, the problem is btwn that point and the last point that did have power. |
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BrentB
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| sgmfish wrote: | | If you have a volt meter (or other 12v tester), you can start at the battery ensuring there is 12v power there; and then start following wires to ensure that at each junction (e.g., a connector, a fuse, a switch, a device) there is still 12v. When there isn't, the problem is btwn that point and the last point that did have power. |
I agree and use a DVM and start checking voltages
Usually it is the circuit breaker or the 1/2/0ff switch that is the issue
Do you have 2 batteries?
Maybe the battery connected to bilge pump is ok and the other is dead. Check these too |
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thataway
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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Most likely the circuit breaker which will be aft--probably near the battery switch.
In my 2006, it is in the starboard lazarette, just before the wires run up under the gunnel. Swing the level back up.
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Amphion
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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Resolved! I have breakers like the one pictured.
The level on one is yellow. The other is black and was hidden by a cable.
Okay I'm a twit.....but a happy one!
Thanks for all the replies! |
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BrentB
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AK Angler
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Now, then... you need to figure out why one of your main circuit breakers has tripped... hopefully, before it inconveniently reminds you about it on the water.
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Bill K
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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FYI
All you have to do to trip that breaker is push in the red part. ( it could have been bumped )
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Sunbeam
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| AK Angler wrote: | | Now, then... you need to figure out why one of your main circuit breakers has tripped... hopefully, before it inconveniently reminds you about it on the water. |
Ha, shades of my "Mystery" on Powell last year (repeatedly blowing main breaker for no obvious reason, and with odd "lead up" symptoms). I did finally get it solved, I believe (malfunctioning ACR, which was cheerfully and quickly replaced by Blue Sea), and as a side bonus I got many good suggestions for improving my electrical system (none of which turned out to be related to the cause, but all of which were gratefully accepted, and acted on).
I'm sure your problem (if you even have one) is going to be easier to take care of, but AK Angler's post sort of made me laugh as I remembered the saga (and by the way, AK Angler, thanks again for that diagram - it has been helpful to be able to show it to people quite a few times!)
Maybe the red button got bumped - that would be simple 
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