Thread: Helix 7 shutting off

You can change the voltage alarm level. Solix turns off at 10v so our warning is set to 10.5

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Checked all connections and they are good.

Originally Posted by deltarat

Checked all connections and they are good.

Do you have another HB station on the boat you could test this head unit on its power connection ...??

Rickie

I got a helix 12 after 2 months installed it would come on but it would not go past boot up screen had to send to h bird the card reader was bad works great now

I have a Helix 9 at the console. I thought about that and will try it next time I go to the lake.

What Takeum said!!

One more thing. Even though your wiring and connections may be good, they also have to be of the correct gauge to supply the unit with the power it needs, power is amperage, voltage is just force.

Originally Posted by Mr. S

One more thing. Even though your wiring and connections may be good, they also have to be of the correct gauge to supply the unit with the power it needs, power is amperage, voltage is just force.

Thats part of what I was getting at. Make sure even the butt connectors and all other terminal connections are the correct size and have a good round crimp. Humminbird pc connectors have 18ga wire. You can't make a good splice 18ga to 12ga. I tried....

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I pulled the power from the wire that works the tilt from the front of the boat. I will check the wire gauge of that wire and maybe try to fish a new wire from the battery with an inline fuse to it. Battery is new and works everything else hooked to it fine.

Originally Posted by deltarat

I pulled the power from the wire that works the tilt from the front of the boat. I will check the wire gauge of that wire and maybe try to fish a new wire from the battery with an inline fuse to it. Battery is new and works everything else hooked to it fine.

It is super important to run dedicated wiring to the starting battery, not the trolling batteries. When you use power that is already available you have no clue what all it is feeding. I have some interference on my front unit and running a dedicated feed to it is on my "to do list"