PNW215
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- Messages
- 1
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 30
- Boat Make
- Scarab
- Year
- 2016
- Boat Model
- 215 G
- Boat Length
- 21
Hello Jet Boaters and thank you in advance for your help.
I bought a used 2016 Scarab 215 last year with the twin 150 motors. We're have a problem with battery drain even though I always turn off the battery switch after every use. Last year, in fact, it got us into a tight spot when we went out and couldn't get it restarted after turning the boat off in the middle of the Columbia River (2nd new battery during the season).
Today, I found there was .25amps of dc current with the battery switch open on a set of wires going to the steering motor (back of the compartment on the starboard side). It caught my attention because the wiring doesn't look like it came from the factory with a 30a inline fuse wiring, red wire wired to the switched side of the common post on the switch, and the yellow side wired directly to the battery. I would think this would be wired off of one of the circuit breakers? Also, if the red side is wired to the switched side of the battery switch, how is it still getting DC current flowing through to the unit? I also noted that there were several of the circuit breakers fed from the battery side of the switch, therefore, always hot even with the switch off. That does not seem right to me either. Any help is appreciated! ~Kevin. Goldendale, WA
I bought a used 2016 Scarab 215 last year with the twin 150 motors. We're have a problem with battery drain even though I always turn off the battery switch after every use. Last year, in fact, it got us into a tight spot when we went out and couldn't get it restarted after turning the boat off in the middle of the Columbia River (2nd new battery during the season).
Today, I found there was .25amps of dc current with the battery switch open on a set of wires going to the steering motor (back of the compartment on the starboard side). It caught my attention because the wiring doesn't look like it came from the factory with a 30a inline fuse wiring, red wire wired to the switched side of the common post on the switch, and the yellow side wired directly to the battery. I would think this would be wired off of one of the circuit breakers? Also, if the red side is wired to the switched side of the battery switch, how is it still getting DC current flowing through to the unit? I also noted that there were several of the circuit breakers fed from the battery side of the switch, therefore, always hot even with the switch off. That does not seem right to me either. Any help is appreciated! ~Kevin. Goldendale, WA
