Bought a new b oat to me. Switched 899 to new boat now it will shut off for no reason. Battery in boat is brand new. This is when sitting idling any ideas?
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Bought a new b oat to me. Switched 899 to new boat now it will shut off for no reason. Battery in boat is brand new. This is when sitting idling any ideas?
If battery is not the problem then it sounds like wiring problems to me not getting enough juice(wire size or short). If the current gets low it will switch itself off.:twocents
Check the voltage at the battery at idle.
Had a similar problem and found that the plug inside the bundler wasn't plugging in good. Mine would shut down when I killed the engine. Could also be a bad battery, but if the battery is still starting the main engine, probably not.
Battery just 2 months old felt like plug was in good. What's puzzling to me is that it works fine for long time then when just idling around it will shut off but you can restart it no problem
Check the ground wire on your power plug at the power source. I had similar issues, thinking I had a unit going bad. I replaced it and the new unit did the same thing. Come to find out my ground wire at the fuse panel was corroded. Easy fix but the wife didn't have to know. Got a new unit out of the deal.
Think I may have figured out the problem. Cigarette lighter hot wire had pulled off of stub when the edge of the wire hit the housing it shorted out a 10 amp fuse thinking that when this happened it pulled enough voltage to turn unit of due to low voltage. Any way I put wire back on even used lighter and no blown fuse and everything seemed to be working. Only time will tell. Thanks f or the helpful tips. I'll let you know if this isn't the issue.
Why don't you wire it direct to cranking battery like is recommended?
This is the way it previous owner had it. I just got this boat thursday..I will probably do that, I know I will if this isn't the fix
These units are sensitive to power (amps) and many issues crop up when using existing boat wiring or harnesses. If you have the power fused at 10a, then that could also lead to problems. It is recommended direct to battery with a 3a inline fuse.
Actually both units are fused individualy with a 3 amp fuse. One unit is being powered from terminal directly from battery the 10 amp fuse that was blowing feeds a terminal block that then feeds the other finder and obviously the lighter. Both units are protected with 3 amp fuse. If I had done the wiring myself from start I would've and probably will go directly to battery. Thanks for advice I appreciate it..
What he said and connect it to the starting battery and not the TM one.
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Yes on starting battery that's where it's coming f rom
Well took boat out tonight ran it thru it's paces no issues at all so I think I've got it fixed. Thanks for all your helpful thoughts
Glad your getting it figured out shortdraw.
You have a short or broken wire somewhere!! Just rewire it. Straight to battery. Make sure fuse box is clean and works.