Found results from an electrical fire.
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- Marineengineer
- Posts: 21
- Joined: Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:48 am
- Location: Cocoa, Florida
Found results from an electrical fire.
Having some electrical problems. Pulled the aluminum skin from the bottom of the boat, and "Merry Christmas"!! looks like Rube Goldberg's son has worked on the electrical system. I work on ships as an Engineer, and we never splice a wire 5 times in 5 feet. Found scorch marks when two wire shorted out. Looks like I am going to rewire the boat first. Was hoping to go out on the river today, but no lights is just asking for a ticket. So looks like and wiring to day. At least I am not dealing with the snow . Merry Christmas!!!!!!
1999 Landau 'Castaway DX-24' with a 2013 Yamaha 90 4-stroke, in a constant state of repair
Location either at sea or in Cocoa, Florida.
Location either at sea or in Cocoa, Florida.
Re: Found results from an electrical fire.
That sounds fun! At least you know it will be done right this time.. Good luck!
1999 Voyager 21' Express Fish triple toon 115hp Mercury (SOLD)
2004 Ford F150 SuperCrew
Boise Idaho
2004 Ford F150 SuperCrew
Boise Idaho
Re: Found results from an electrical fire.
Ya....
Im gonna go wire the snow drift next to my toon.
Thanks Mr. Gore!
Im gonna go wire the snow drift next to my toon.
Thanks Mr. Gore!
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'07 22 ft SunTracker Regency 135hp i/o
'02 Dodge 2500, Edge Juice w/Attitude
Colorado Springs, CO.
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'07 22 ft SunTracker Regency 135hp i/o
'02 Dodge 2500, Edge Juice w/Attitude
Colorado Springs, CO.
Re: Found results from an electrical fire.
I'm curious. Was this wiring from the factory?
2009 Tracker Fishing Barge 21 /NV logs/90 Merc 4 stroke
2007 GMC Sierra
Toledo Bend Reservoir Louisiana (mostly)
2007 GMC Sierra
Toledo Bend Reservoir Louisiana (mostly)
- Ghost Rider
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- Joined: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:51 am
Re: Found results from an electrical fire.
I work on trucks for a living and I am always running into electrical that has been spliced and butchered. There are a lot of hacks out there who do not care or just dont know how to do it correctly but do it any way. You are best to do just what you said and rewire it. Otherwise you will be chasing problems forever.
Ghost Rider
1976 20 Foot Flote Bote
40 HP Mercury 4 Stroke
Home : Channahon Illinois
Boating on Cory Lake in MI
1976 20 Foot Flote Bote
40 HP Mercury 4 Stroke
Home : Channahon Illinois
Boating on Cory Lake in MI
- Marineengineer
- Posts: 21
- Joined: Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:48 am
- Location: Cocoa, Florida
Re: Found results from an electrical fire.
Is this the 'Original Wiring'? Man I hope not. The cable that shorted out was for the trolling motor plug on the bow. It runs from the battery to the Plug. Unfortunately, as there are other choped up wiring under the deck, I do not know how this damage occured. The short was at a crimped connection under the console which took out everything else. No worries, I can fix it. If I replaced it, I fixed it, Right?
1999 Landau 'Castaway DX-24' with a 2013 Yamaha 90 4-stroke, in a constant state of repair
Location either at sea or in Cocoa, Florida.
Location either at sea or in Cocoa, Florida.