TRG
Member
- Jul 20, 2022
- 60
- Boat Info
- 2000 SeaRay 400 sedan bridge
2011 Mastercraft X45 (for sale)
- Engines
- (2) CAT 3126 diesels
I have been looking at the wiring previously and today and I don’t know if previous owner may have incorrectly hooked wires up to the generator when working on it? When looking at the wire schematic I found wires not correctly hooked up to the 2 oil pressure switches so I am not sure what switch is the pressure switch and which one is the alarm switch. Also when looking in the control box the wires going to the K1 and K2 blocks don’t match the schematic. Also not positive which block is the K1 and which is the K2. I am guessing the top block is the K2 and bottom is K1 based on the wires that are plugged into them but their positions don’t match the positions on the schematic. Not sure if their positions matter or if they just need to be plugged into the correct block? Here is the schematic I have and a couple pics. https://www.manualslib.com/manual/681487/Westerbeke-8-0kw-60hz.html?page=31They are two different switches. One is normally open, the other is normally closed. In that thread I referenced, a few posts back from the reference post, you can read where I installed the wrong one.
Also, later in that same thread you can read where Tom (ttmott) helped me figure out that all the switches were good, but the preheat solenoid was blowing the 8 amp fuse. I worked around that by disconnecting the preheat solenoid since where I boat the generator starts right up without the glow plugs heating up.
I also don’t have the issue of blowing the 8amp fuse any longer after adjusting the oil pressure switch wires but still dies unless I have preheat switch held down. I also rechecked the diode I put in and it is showing .65 one direction and OL with polarity reversed.
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