Ron Lime
New Member
- Jun 24, 2019
- 20
- Boat Info
- 1986 Sea Ray Sundancer 268
Based at Sandusky Ohio
- Engines
- Twin 4.3 V-6's, 205 HP
Alpha 1 Drives
This is a weird problem that I'm wondering if anyone else has dealt with....
1986 Sundancer 268DA. Horn was not working so I replaced it with a similar model from West Marine. It worked after install.
A few weeks down the line and it sounds like a sick duck. Can barely hear it. My Blue Sea SOC indicates it's drawing ~ 15 amps but no useful noise.
I started troubleshooting it by running a temporary + line directly from the battery and splicing it in. I worked backwards from the horn and now have proven that if I connect my temporary + wire to the 'in' side of the horn fuse holder the horn works!
The switch panel receives a + buss from the battery switch to the first fuse holder (cockpit lights) and then there is a 3 inch jumper from each fuse holder to the next, down to the horn (last fuse).
If I jumper from the first to the last fuse, still no useful noise.
My cockpit lights, nav lights, water pump, bilge pump, blower all work fine off this buss.
So that + buss is good enough for EVERYTHING except the horn.
Before I run a new dedicated + wire for the horn fuse, I thought I'd see if the collective had any other ideas to try.
Thanks.
1986 Sundancer 268DA. Horn was not working so I replaced it with a similar model from West Marine. It worked after install.
A few weeks down the line and it sounds like a sick duck. Can barely hear it. My Blue Sea SOC indicates it's drawing ~ 15 amps but no useful noise.
I started troubleshooting it by running a temporary + line directly from the battery and splicing it in. I worked backwards from the horn and now have proven that if I connect my temporary + wire to the 'in' side of the horn fuse holder the horn works!
The switch panel receives a + buss from the battery switch to the first fuse holder (cockpit lights) and then there is a 3 inch jumper from each fuse holder to the next, down to the horn (last fuse).
If I jumper from the first to the last fuse, still no useful noise.
My cockpit lights, nav lights, water pump, bilge pump, blower all work fine off this buss.
So that + buss is good enough for EVERYTHING except the horn.
Before I run a new dedicated + wire for the horn fuse, I thought I'd see if the collective had any other ideas to try.
Thanks.