[Rhodes22-list] Wiring Q. with the electric O/B lift

[Michael D. Weisner]

Rummy,

This is certainly a new one on me.  I have never heard of such a problem nor 
can I reason what event will "fry" a charging coil that is disconnected. 
Please explain!

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com> Friday, August 28, 2009 11:53 AM
> Ben and all,
> If your outboard motor has a charging coil, running the engine without the
> electricity going to the battery bank will absolutely fry your charging
> coil.  Whenever you have the motor running, you must have the battery 
> switch
> turned on  so that it is charging something.
> I'm sure that if you check the cable going from the battery to the motor
> lift, there is an inline fuse somewhere. If not, you need to install one.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 8/27/2009 5:41:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> bencittadino at gmail.com writes:
>
>
> Basso;
>
> With all the switches off on the electrical board  my engine lift and
> starter
> work also. Frankly, I never gave it much thought  and assumed that was the
> way it is supposed to be.
>
> So sign  me,
>
> "Fat, dumb and happy"
>
> BenC
>
>
>
> Basso  wrote:
>>
>> When I leave the boat I have been turning off the  battery switch, but
> last
>> night I forgot and just pressed the  button...the lift dropped and the
>> electric start on the outboard  worked.  I didn't think anything of it
>> until I went to switch the  batteries to the off position and I found 
>> that
>> it already was.
>>
>> This leads me to a couple of questions.
>> 1.  Is this  supposed to be the case?
>> 2.  Should I re-wire the lift and O/B  start through fuse box?  I can't
>> tell if there is a fuse running  to the lift motor.
>> 3.  What would you do if it were your  boat?
>>
>
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