Electrician ?

["W"]

Anyone a good electrician who would come to Heberts and look at a few issues on my boat ?
Having some switch problems can't get power to any of my pumps ...




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[meaux fishing]

Check all your fuses. Do you have a volt meter? test the connections on the back of the switch and see if you have 12v going to the switch. If you do the problem is between the switch and the pump. might have an inline fuse in the back near the pumps or after the switch under the console

["W"]

Originally Posted by meaux fishing

Check all your fuses. Do you have a volt meter? test the connections on the back of the switch and see if you have 12v going to the switch. If you do the problem is between the switch and the pump. might have an inline fuse in the back near the pumps or after the switch under the console

Checked all fuse , don't hand power going to pumps zero volts
Has to be in the switches but don't know how to test them

[Quackhead62]

Ohm out the switches to see if they are opening and closing if the switches don't ring out then the switch is not operating properly. If everything is testing out good on the switch then it could be a connection issues either from the battery or from the switch to the pump itself. Make sure you don't have and corrosion on your battery and your connections going to your switches. Sometimes that is the issue with DC voltage.


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[Shawn Braquet]

Check incoming and outgoing voltage to the switch...thought you were I&E?

[Bluechip]

Originally Posted by Shawn Braquet

Check incoming and outgoing voltage to the switch...thought you were I&E?

Lol...

[Shawn Braquet]

Check grounds, DC is bad about having grounding problems. I could go by next week after work say Monday possibly even Sunday. Let me know.

[Shawn Braquet]

Better yet I'll fish out your boat for the tourney Saturday and bring it back fixed... lol.

[jl8200]

Shawn is right. All you have to do is check both side of the switches for voltage going in and out. Put the positive probe on the switch and the negative on ground somewhere. Next find the constant hot side of the switch (one side should have 12V all the time). You need to do this to find out which side is coming directly from the power source. Once you have done that, move to the other side of the switch (the load side) and open and close it. If you see 12V appear and disappear then the switch is working properly. If not then its the switch. Simply ohming out the switch might not work since the switch is not isolated from the rest of the circuit. Oh and no I didn't stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night.

[bab52]

"W" I am licensed electrician and have fished with u before.
I'll come with tools and poles for a trade out?

[Shawn Braquet]

Originally Posted by jl8200

Shawn is right. All you have to do is check both side of the switches for voltage going in and out. Put the positive probe on the switch and the negative on ground somewhere. Next find the constant hot side of the switch (one side should have 12V all the time). You need to do this to find out which side is coming directly from the power source. Once you have done that, move to the other side of the switch (the load side) and open and close it. If you see 12V appear and disappear then the switch is working properly. If not then its the switch. Simply ohming out the switch might not work since the switch is not isolated from the rest of the circuit. Oh and no I didn't stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night.

Bingo, I also have not stayed in a Holiday Inn Express in the last few nights but I can spell Fluke and Wiggy, has to count for something.

[elebouef]

Time to trade that thing in.

[jl8200]

Waltrip - Did you ever get this fixed?

[marty f]

I don't think he did. I was to go look at it Thursday but weather kept me from crossing the lake, then Friday I had to repair my transducer, Sat was the SC fishing, and he was super busy. I went home Sun. If he dosent have it fixed in 2 weeks when I come back Ill look at it then.

[jl8200]

I live right down the road from BL, so I could look at it. Its most likely just a bad switch. The odds of all the pumps going bad at once isn't very good. Also if it was the power going to the switch more than just the pumps would not be working since those panels are usually fed by one or two major feeds.

["W"]

Ain't pumps they all brand new !! Just changed them

What I don't under stand is my light on the switch comes on boy get no volts to pumps

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by "W"

Ain't pumps they all brand new !! Just changed them

What I don't under stand is my light on the switch comes on boy get no volts to pumps

If switch is bad light will still come on probably

[meaux fishing]

I might come fish Sunday. If I do I'll call you and see if you got it fixed yet

[Elbert Chamblee]

If you have resettable fuses like these it might be your problem. My triton has these and the lights go on in my switch but not getting full power to run pumps. I just replaced all of mine last year....fuses that is.

[jl8200]

If the light comes on then that means you are at least getting voltage to the switch. The switch is bad.