Pride can kick butt

[Papa]

I pride myself for having all the things on board I may need for a day on the water. We did our first launch for the season Sat. and everything went great. Went to an island just outside our cove and beached to look around. Got some snacks out and drinks and was proud of the fact that my boat has never failed to start and had few problems with any other systems thanks to this board. BAM. Got in the boat turned the key and nothing. NOTHING. Checked all the regular things, lanyard, hatch switches, battery voltage, neutral position. NOTHING. Remembered from reading here or my manual about the fuses. Simple thing. Visual check. Easy enough. Yep, blown fuse. Oh crap....... I don't have any spare fuses. Thank goodness a pontoon boat came around the island from the main body of the lake. Tow home. No spares at the cabin. Pulled boat in by hand and put on the lift. I'll have spare fuses next weekend. Swallowed a big chunk of pride. Check you kit!!!

 

[Scuba_ref]

@Papa we basically have the same boat, which fuses blew?

 

[Joe Hellaby]

I think I'll order some fuses this week to keep on hand (just in case). The fuses in our boats, they're just regular automobile style blade fuses, correct? I'm looking at some kits on amazon right now

 

[AZDANSX230HO]

I keep fuses, electrical tape, wire, crimp connectors, spark plugs, etc. basically anything to fix electrical issues if they arise on top of the other usual boating stuff.

 

[Bruce]

Yep, blown fuse. Oh crap....... I don't have any spare fuses. Thank goodness a pontoon boat came around the island from the main body of the lake. Tow home. No spares at the cabin. Pulled boat in by hand and put on the lift. I'll have spare fuses next weekend. Swallowed a big chunk of pride. Check you kit!!!

I believe there are spare fuses under the caps on the ECUs.

 

[malibu Dan]

This all I could find so far...

 

[Beachbummer]

Are all fuses required for operation? Any chance a light/accessory fuse could be inserted in the blown up slot to limp home? (When it happens to someone else... Glad you got a tow home and all is well)

In my limited past experience, fuses blow only when they are too small, or if there is a short or other anomaly causing greater currency consumption that expected (usually a symptom, not the sickness)

You may want to get more fuses/rig a circuit breaker temporarily,until you make sure there is no short, and take your multi meter with you. Hopefully it's a fluke, but something cause the fuse to blow.

Good luck!

 

[Eric Popper]

I pride myself for having all the things on board I may need for a day on the water. We did our first launch for the season Sat. and everything went great. Went to an island just outside our cove and beached to look around. Got some snacks out and drinks and was proud of the fact that my boat has never failed to start and had few problems with any other systems thanks to this board. BAM. Got in the boat turned the key and nothing. NOTHING. Checked all the regular things, lanyard, hatch switches, battery voltage, neutral position. NOTHING. Remembered from reading here or my manual about the fuses. Simple thing. Visual check. Easy enough. Yep, blown fuse. Oh crap....... I don't have any spare fuses. Thank goodness a pontoon boat came around the island from the main body of the lake. Tow home. No spares at the cabin. Pulled boat in by hand and put on the lift. I'll have spare fuses next weekend. Swallowed a big chunk of pride. Check you kit!!!

We had a fuse blow in a remote lake last summer and I posted on this board for help. I had answers and help running single engine within minutes! The cause of my fuse blowing was likely several cycles on the starter within a short period due to a tubing operation. This coupled with the age of the fuse likely caused it to get too hot and fail. I haven't had a problem since the replacement.

I discovered that there were no spares in my ECU but we were able to limp back on one.

Everyone should include checking the spare fuses on their summer start-up procedure.

E

 

[Papa]

The fuse that was blown was a 20 amp fuse for the batteries. Yes they are automotive type fuses. I bought my boat used and there were no spares under the caps. I checked those when we got to the dock. To my knowledge their are not other fuses besides the fuses in the 10 amps and the 20 amp fuse. Also thanks to this board I had but the shut off valves in the intake water hoses so we were able to be towed at a reasonable speed.

 

[VONCE]

Good info. Sorry you had to swallow your pride, but thanks for sharing! I know there's a fuse very close to my battery, but I don't know of the location of any others. Then again, I've never really looked. I glanced through the service manual and it wasn't much help. It just gave the ratings of the fuses, not necessarily their locations.