Boat Starts

[marcham]

There are more leads on the negative post than the positive post. My guess is the battery is miswired.

Do you have a multimeter.? Disconnect everything and start tracing grounds.

 

[Cabbi]

id bet this is aftermarket. Do you know what it’s for?

also, do you have a voltmeter? Maybe check if you have power on both sides of your various fuses? If p one side, it’s a fuses. If power on neither side, it’s not the fuse.

Is there a wire from your battery to the fuse block?

No idea what it is for. Getting dark now gotta continue tomorrow thanks Dave

 

[Dave burke]

Found this in the owners manual. Not the greatest of pics but you have way more wires than in this pic.

also, the manual talks about a 20A fuse that controls accessories. Pretty sure that’s the one I circled in yellow on the right. If it’s what I think, it’s a rubber cap that you should just be able to pull off.

good luck tomorrow. Let me know how it goes.

 

[Cabbi]

Found this in the owners manual. Not the greatest of pics but you have way more wires than in this pic.

also, the manual talks about a 20A fuse that controls accessories. Pretty sure that’s the one I circled in yellow on the right. If it’s what I think, it’s a rubber cap that you should just be able to pull off.

good luck tomorrow. Let me know how it goes.

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Thanks Dave I will thanks

 

[Cabbi]

There are more leads on the negative post than the positive post. My guess is the battery is miswired.

Do you have a multimeter.? Disconnect everything and start tracing grounds.

Yes there is way more thank you. I will dive in tomorrow

 

[Cabbi]

There are more leads on the negative post than the positive post. My guess is the battery is miswired.

Do you have a multimeter.? Disconnect everything and start tracing grounds.

If an aftermarket item works would the battery still be wired wrong

 

[Julian]

If an aftermarket item works would the battery still be wired wrong

My guess is your main accessory fuse is blown. There are 3 main red wires connected. Two are the same and go to each engine, the third is your house equipment main positive wire. Follow that wire, it should connect to a black box on the wall of the battery area, and in that box should be a 20amp fuse. My bet it is blown.

 

[Cabbi]

My guess is your main accessory fuse is blown. There are 3 main red wires connected. Two are the same and go to each engine, the third is your house equipment main positive wire. Follow that wire, it should connect to a black box on the wall of the battery area, and in that box should be a 20amp fuse. My bet it is blown.

Thanks I will look at that tomorrow. Thanks

 

[Cabbi]

Thanks I will look at that tomorrow. Thanks

I think the fuse is good by the battery box

 

[Cabbi]

Thanks I will look at that tomorrow. Thanks

Hi Julian, Dow the the main accessory wire hook up to the positive or negative

 

[WREKS]

I may have missed something, but have you tried resetting the circuit breakers located on the dashboard near to the rocker switches for the items you are trying to energize? (Page 2-15 of the manual that @Dave burke sent to you)

 

[Cabbi]

I may have missed something, but have you tried resetting the circuit breakers located on the dashboard just below the rocker switches for the items you are trying to energize?

I did thanks

Thanks Dave I will thanks

Hi Dave I got it hooked up wrong. Thanks everyone for your help

 

[Julian]

Hi Julian, Dow the the main accessory wire hook up to the positive or negative

Accessory wire hooks to positive.

Sounds like you got it all working now?

 

[Cabbi]

Accessory wire hooks to positive.

Sounds like you got it all working now?

Yes I did. Read an older post that the red wire has black sheathing on it sure enough wrong spot.

 

[Julian]

Some tips for you for the next time you disconnect the battery.

1. Use twist ties to hold all the wires coming off each post together.
2. Label each wire grouping (or even better, label each wire)
3. Consider getting a ground bus bar - this will enable you to simply connect ALL the negative wires to one ground bus, and then run ONE wire to the negative post on the battery. Then, all the other wires are positive wires and go to the + terminal. (still a good idea to twist tie them together to make sure one doesn't drop out of sight).

 

[Julian]

This is actually a new product I've not seen before but looks really good! A dual bus bar with cover and separating wall. For a single battery implementation this would work nicely. Although most boats will simply use the back of the battery switch for the Positive bus bar (which also makes me wonder why you have so many positive connections.... @Cabbi does your boat have a battery switch?)



For a single ground bus bar with minimal addons, I'd probably use this.



I used a bigger Blue Sea one with more terminals.

 

[Cabbi]

Some tips for you for the next time you disconnect the battery.

1. Use twist ties to hold all the wires coming off each post together.
2. Label each wire grouping (or even better, label each wire)
3. Consider getting a ground bus bar - this will enable you to simply connect ALL the negative wires to one ground bus, and then run ONE wire to the negative post on the battery. Then, all the other wires are positive wires and go to the + terminal. (still a good idea to twist tie them together to make sure one doesn't drop out of sight).

Thanks you