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Originally Posted by Knot 4 Me
(Post 2658552)
Your boat sounds just like cbgnrl's '97 290 PQ. I tease him all the time it was wired by monkeys. PQ makes a nice boat but their wiring left a lot to be desired. He is constantly chasing electrical gremlins.
hopefully this will take care of it. |
Originally Posted by Chris Sunkin
(Post 2658516)
Your systems legs should come right off the battery switch and have fusible links in them. One goes to the tabs/drives supply, one for dash/engine circuits and one for cabin circuits. Obviously this is for a basic performance boat. If you have electric fuel pumps that draw big current, another circuit is waranted. Big stereo? Another one. BIG stereo- separate battery.
Make sure your bilge pump circuit comes off of the feed side (input) of your battery cutoffs. Chris thanks for taking the time to respond. |
Originally Posted by boatnt
(Post 2658557)
thats kind of what I was thinking.
Chris thanks for taking the time to respond. |
Originally Posted by Knot 4 Me
(Post 2658577)
Part of the problem, at least with the cbgnrl's PQ, was the power for some of the heavy draw systems was not coming off separate legs from the batteries.
I will tonight run a 8 gauge power supply wire to a bus bar behind the switch panel also and tap into it. that should take care of it.I hope!!! |
Ran the 8 gauge power wire to a bus bar behind the switch panel and connected the radio,trim tabs and trim switches to it,everything now seems to be working fine,gauges dont jump up when I turn on the nav lights or any other accesory,radio also works fine while I use the trim tabs,seems to be all good at this time.
the only issue I still have is the radio going out during engine cranking,I never really paid attention to it before,I think that would be normal operation,Iam I correct ????? |
Originally Posted by onesickpantera
(Post 2657395)
I have ran two "dual purpose" batteries for the last two seasons and they have worked well. And I run my stereo a lot while sitting.
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Run a search on here about Optimas. My experience was bad, as has been many others. Keep in mind, I buy them by the pallet for our fleet and I've had stellar service life from them in our trucks. The boat is a different story.
I buy the basic battery & replace them every spring. |
You are are right about Powerquest Wiring, I laughed at a few of the connections / wiring. I did the same thing, ran heavier wire and took care of a lot of problems. As far as batteries, I run 2-6 volt batteries and one big diesel start for cranking the engines. I just spend 4 nights on the Mississippi river on an island with the refrigerator running and the radio, and my 6 volts never went dead.
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My 2000 F260SS Formula came new with 2 deep cycle batteries. Replaced one last spring & the second one this spring. I think 7 & 8 years on a battery is pretty darn good. I stuck with the same.
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A deep cycle will spin a low compression small block just fine. The bigger you go, the worse they work.
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