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Old 03-01-2018, 07:45 AM
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Just found my electrical gremlin! Apparently all that saltwater last Summer found my weak link in my Int’l Marine rigging. My hot wire with an unsealed connector was sitting in my bilge.
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Old 03-01-2018, 09:18 AM
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Did you take it back to Int Marine or found on your own ?
All those loose wires bothered me when rigging Jr's 300...
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Old 03-01-2018, 09:48 AM
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Ya know if they had taken the time and effort to add a #10 x 1" screw to one or two of these, for like $0.15 this issue would not have happened by keeping the wires high out of the bilge.....along with properly using heat shrink connectors. Jeeeez.....

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Old 03-01-2018, 10:56 AM
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Ohm meter testing for dummies..........I used Manasota Mobile Marine. Nice guy, good reviews. If I actually chased the hot correctly, it would have been done by me. He did give me good feedback on my heavy gauge pos and neg cables. Both batteries were good, but the cables are in bad shape. Major voltage drop due to corrosion. I will be changing those out!

Ken and Don-Yep, it was sitting on the highest outside hull stepped panel behind the interior transom pie plate......probably assumed it was high enough.
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Old 03-01-2018, 11:21 AM
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Bottom line....if you want to find problems with rigging or wiring just add saltwater!!
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Old 03-01-2018, 03:46 PM
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Yes sir!
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