Electronics/wiring Issue

[Shawn Braquet]

do you have a 24v trolling motor? if you have a 12v trolling motor chances are one battery is for the trolling motor and the other is for the outboard/electronics. Normally have a decent size wire feeding a fuse panel then from the fuse panel to the instrument switches, then to the device (ideally that is) should give you a little insight.

[booyagasha]

Originally Posted by Shawn Braquet

do you have a 24v trolling motor? if you have a 12v trolling motor chances are one battery is for the trolling motor and the other is for the outboard/electronics. Normally have a decent size wire feeding a fuse panel then from the fuse panel to the instrument switches, then to the device (ideally that is) should give you a little insight.

no trolling motor

[weedeater]

Originally Posted by booyagasha

no trolling motor

No trollin motor, that thing got a t-top....sorry couldnt pass it up. I aint real sure about boat electronics but i know if a battery is weak or dead cell crankin can pull you down enuff to reset your other electronics

[booyagasha]

Originally Posted by weedeater

No trollin motor, that thing got a t-top....sorry couldnt pass it up. I aint real sure about boat electronics but i know if a battery is weak or dead cell crankin can pull you down enuff to reset your other electronics

damn, that's a first for me...funny thing is i go look under neath and notice a burnt 5 amp spade fuse for something i couldn't read. (you know how hard it is just to find a 5 amp fuse --not in a jumbo pack on father's day---because we were planning on taking it out that day.) so i find some at good ole autzone, went home and replace---lo and behold, the vhf--(what we originally thought the burnt fuse was for.)and...the bilges, horn, nothing on the panel works....gauges do ...so we trash the boating for father's day due to bilges not working.....im going to look and hope it's a bad battery/ hoping even more for a loose connection