Go Back  Offshoreonly.com > Technical > General Q & A
Where to START!  Breaker keeps flipping OFF >

Where to START! Breaker keeps flipping OFF

Notices

Where to START! Breaker keeps flipping OFF

Old 06-25-2010, 04:58 PM
  #1  
Registered
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Omaha, Nebraska. Boat on the Mighty Mo! Longest river in the USA!
Posts: 1,944
Received 37 Likes on 23 Posts
Default Where to START! Breaker keeps flipping OFF

WTF, I pulled a couple of wires for new my oil temp gauge sensors and now my port IGNITION breaker keeps flipping off when I turn the key on. I did not touch any RED hot wires. When I pulled the wires I must of caused this problem.

Where do you start looking for the short in the process??
The ignition switch has three wires.

Great way to start the weekend 95 degrees and I am stuck on the dock of the bay

I unplugged the purple wire wires(2) on one pole with a white stripe and now the engine starts but gauges have no power. So I guess start unhooking each gauge one by one???

Last edited by 1BIGJIM; 06-25-2010 at 05:09 PM.
1BIGJIM is offline  
Old 06-25-2010, 05:28 PM
  #2  
Registered
iTrader: (1)
 
offthefront's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Northeast,Fla
Posts: 4,909
Received 9 Likes on 8 Posts
Default

how did you hook up the gauges? what brand ? you should not even be pulling off the ignition Switch ....Purple on the Gauges is the hot feed to the new gauge ...the wire from the sender goes to the other Terminial marked "S" ...

Last edited by offthefront; 06-25-2010 at 05:49 PM.
offthefront is offline  
Old 06-25-2010, 05:48 PM
  #3  
Registered
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Omaha, Nebraska. Boat on the Mighty Mo! Longest river in the USA!
Posts: 1,944
Received 37 Likes on 23 Posts
Default

I don't have the gauges hooked up. I wanted to start the engines to make sure my new water pressure gauges did not have a leak.

One wire purple branches off to emergency start button. I pulled that, same results. Keep flowing the purple/white stripe wire and it been spliced into with a BLACK wire. It looks like someone has messed with it before. ARG its under the dash, under the steering wheel.
1BIGJIM is offline  
Old 06-25-2010, 06:03 PM
  #4  
Registered
iTrader: (1)
 
offthefront's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Northeast,Fla
Posts: 4,909
Received 9 Likes on 8 Posts
Default

Emergency Start? you mean Stop? If so thats prob a gnd to kill the ignition ......Just jump off an existing Gauge (purple) to the I terminal on the Gauge ...then the wire from the sender goes to the S terminal on the Gauge ... If there is a positive and negitive terminal on the Gauge ..those are for lighting only ....m
offthefront is offline  
Old 06-25-2010, 08:37 PM
  #5  
Registered
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Omaha, Nebraska. Boat on the Mighty Mo! Longest river in the USA!
Posts: 1,944
Received 37 Likes on 23 Posts
Default

No I have an emergency start button which pulls power from the staroard batteries by a Solenoid, its factory stuff. I am just going to have to follow the wire one connection at a time. Just VENTING unless someone else has a better idea.

Unfortunately the port engine runs the gas gauge and so on.
1BIGJIM is offline  

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.