steve4566
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Happy New Year. I just got my boat back in the water last week after a strut repair, waxing, and cutlas bearings. While the boat was out I had the props sent off for a tune up, which is why I’m late on getting her winterized.
On the sea trial to check for vibrations, the port side gauges on the console would not light up or work. That included all the analog and digital gauges. The starboard gauges worked fine. I checked the breakers and they appeared on. The batteries are new last spring so I don’t think they are the problem. The gauges worked fine prior to the haul out.
When the boat was on the hard the battery banks were turned off. I turned them on when the boat was put back in the water. The boat started fine and ran fine. No alarms or warnings sounded. Where do I start looking for the problem? Is there a fuse somewhere that I need to look for?
The boat is winterized now and it will be a spring issue unless I figure out the answer. The boat shop says they will look at it in the spring also. Due to what work was performed (Strut and prop work), I don’t think they did anything to cause the problem.
Keith
Do you have the CAT EMS instrument system? If so, they are powered by two 12 volt DC to 24 volt DC converters under the stbd side of the helm. One powers the stbd CAT EMS and instruments and the other powers the port CAT EMS and instruments. Check their input and output voltages. My port converter also failed and I found this aftermarket replacement at a lower price than the OEM converter: Analytic Systems VTC120MS-12-24. I chose their option to build the converter to military specs for the marine environment and it has been working fine now for five years.
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