stupid question about electrical ...
 

So I've been having some wiring problems or rather gauge problems that have led me to start checking some wiring on my sea ray pachanga and for the life of me I cannot fine any fuses on thos boat anywhere. I feel like I've looked behind every removable panel. Maybe not I'm not sure all the switches seem to be a breaker style switch so did sea ray use these instead of a switch with a fuse on it? I'm sorry for my ignorance wiring is really not my thing hah

My Fountain has no fuses, just various types of breakers. The dash panel is all switched breakers.

Ok so then those just probably run off a...relay breaker in the engine compartment some where probably? I guess I figured they would have fuses also.

Can you post picture of dash, all loads will be fused, or should be at some point. Follow the large + wire from battery headed to dash, at some point it will break off to all the little wires. Or it could be like my old wellcraft where they took one wire from battery, to inline fuse box, then the same wire went from breaker to breaker that was directly under each switch with a jumper from breaker to switch.

No relay no fuses. Just breakers on the dash.

You may or may not know this...
A breaker is a resettable fuse. The overload trips the breaker. If your able to reset the breaker the short is not present at that time. I don't think I have ever seen a fuse on a boat that wasn't put in after it was built.

Hope it helps

32, what is the problem you are having

Well I've been having some issues with gauges to start with the fuel gauge for example. It always reads 1/16th of a tank so I was told if I go to the sending unit and touch both wires together it should read full? So I tried that and it dropped to below E...so I reattached the the wires and still nothing the gauge sits below E kinda like I shorted something out or blew a fuse I guess I figured? Idk but I've got some problems with other gauges and light's and so I clean the connections and nothing happens so I guess I just assumed I shorted something somewhere. Sorry electrical is really not my thing

I dont know anything about your boat, but I think the advice should of been, ground the gauge wire at the tank to test, not short anything together, sure sounds like no power issue, good luck

I'm having a fuel gauge issue on my boat too. I gotta await clear weather to diagnose it. I think mine is ground related.

Most of the time a fuel gauge is an ohm reading device. The float in the tank moves up and down, the movement up and down creates more or makes less resistance(rheostat), thus moving the needle on the dash. Touching both wire together would be a direct short, 0 ohms and depending on the gauge would cause it to be empty or full. Is it a two wire or 3 wire tank sender

There have been issues with the rheostats on the senders getting corroded from ethanol based fuels. This is common in Audis and Vettes. I've had a buddy run Sea Foam through his vent and it cleared up the problem.

I think with a boat you can pull the sender and clean it with contact cleaner.

It's a two wire sending unit