Scarab 215 No power to bilge, stereo, dash cluster..please help

[Nolimitsbrian]

Both engines crank and start but no power to the rest of the boat, checked all the fuses and still trying to figure out what is going on, next I have been reading about the breaker panel..please help me figure why no power to the rest of my boat.

 

[tdonoughue]

Did you take out the batteries at the end of the season and just reinstall them? A switched wire at the batteries can cause this sort of thing...

 

[Nolimitsbrian]

Did you take out the batteries at the end of the season and just reinstall them? A switched wire at the batteries can cause this sort of thing...

Yes I did take out the battery and just reinstalled for the first time today. It only has one battery, but double and triple checked the connections on those. I was thinking it might have been a breaker since all were not working even the horn. no blower motor either. I cant think of anything else. I will be taking a test light to the breakers to see if I am getting power to them all.

 

[tdonoughue]

So on the battery, the 215g is a twin engine if memory serves. You should have 2 big red wires to the positive, 2 big black wires to the negative, then one or more additional wires likely on the positive, right? I know you triple checked, but I have seen so many people put that additional smaller wire (sometimes it is black) on the negative terminal. And with all of the things out on your boat, it would need to be a 'main' breaker/fuse (like one on the battery or at the top of the fusebox), which is tough to trip.

And, I just spent 15 min today looking in my boat for the fuse box cover that was sitting right below the fuse box... so I am fairly desperate for someone else to be as blind as me.

 

[Nolimitsbrian]

That was funny I can sometime mot see something thats in my hand.
Back to wire colors, the single wire is red which I only see one but I will look again tomorrow. But there are 3 yellows to the negative, I am wondering if one of those yellows go to the positive terminal. I will need to check the labels on those yellow wires and see if I do have one switched. Thanks for your help. I will let you know tomorrow if I have any luck or no luck at all.

 

[Rick215HO]

Both engines crank and start but no power to the rest of the boat, checked all the fuses and still trying to figure out what is going on, next I have been reading about the breaker panel..please help me figure why no power to the rest of my boat.

Check your breakers, and I'm not saying check if they are tripped. Even though they may not be tripped I have replaced some already due to internal corrosion. Check the voltage coming out of the breakers.

Other than that, due to the multiple failures, you may have a disconnected ground as above.

 

[Scarab 215]

So on the battery, the 215g is a twin engine if memory serves. You should have 2 big red wires to the positive, 2 big black wires to the negative, then one or more additional wires likely on the positive, right? I know you triple checked, but I have seen so many people put that additional smaller wire (sometimes it is black) on the negative terminal. And with all of the things out on your boat, it would need to be a 'main' breaker/fuse (like one on the battery or at the top of the fusebox), which is tough to trip.

And, I just spent 15 min today looking in my boat for the fuse box cover that was sitting right below the fuse box... so I am fairly desperate for someone else to be as blind as me.

Not certain if they are all the same wiring setup?

I have 1 Red on the Positive + Post & 5 on the - Post

Now I need to clean them...

 

[Nolimitsbrian]

Not certain if they are all the same wiring setup?

I have 1 Red on the Positive + Post & 5 on the - Post

Now I need to clean them
...

I have the same setup at yours and I checked again to see if I missed a wire. Can you explain checking the breaker process? I do appreciate your help.

 

[jetboy]

I know it is a very simplistic statement but I only mention it because the same happened to me before. One of the cables to my batteries had recoiled and hid itself from me when reinstalling my battery. I did not see it right away when connecting the battery back up. Found it and reconnected. $.02

Hoping for you its that simple. If not we will keep digging to see what else it could be.