Papasmurf got a pic of what your talking about? Having the same issue
Papasmurf
05-19-2017 02:00 PM
Seriously doubt you could see it but will try and get a pic.
I can see why the owner never fixed the seats..................
flat rate
05-19-2017 02:38 PM
Take the panel off that is the foot rest and you can access everything easy
jmoore1225
05-19-2017 05:06 PM
Flat Rate my panel was just off, is there fuse boxes behind that panel?
TomR
11-02-2020 06:08 PM
Originally Posted by Diamond Dave
(Post 4555000)
Mine had melted wiring, corroded connections and melted breakers under the rear seat. Only visible if you took the panel off and flipped it over. I was having another issue with the radio cutting out when other things were activated however which led me to this not the same as what you are describing but may be worth looking into.
I had a similar discovery in my 1996 35' Lightning! It appeared that the wires were set up to carry way too much load for their size! There was one 10awg wire running from each of the #1 terminals on the inside of the battery switches feeding a common bus bar that serviced (5) of the six breakers under the back seat. The insulation on each wire was completely melted away!
I'm guessing that if someone turned on only one battery switch, a 10 gage wire was trying to service everything from the other battery switch because of the connection through the buss bar.
I did away with the bus bar that connected all five of the breakers and ran one lead to each breaker. I took three from each battery switch. The sixth one already had a separate lead because it feeds the automatic bilge pump.
