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  • tdc_worm
    Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
    • Feb 2004
    • 532



    220 electrical system voodoo...

    1. my ballast pumps are killing me. they will, without warning, decide not to work in either direction. the lights on the dash will indicate that they are filling or emptying, but no pump activity will occur. sometimes the breaker in the rear port compartment will be tripped, sometimes it wont. now here's the interesting part: when the breaker is not tripped, i remove the warming tray and switch the wiring between the pumps (i.e. port switch wiring to belly ballast pump or belly switch wiring to starboard ballast pump, etc), that is the only way that i can get the pump to kick on. after i do that, i then switch the wiring back to normal and all is well...at least for a while until the voodoo enters again. all 3 pumps have done this on several separate occasions with no rhyme or reason... any thoughts?

    2. the other night coming off of the lake my dash "locked up." any key on the key pad that was illuminated could not be turned off. any key that was not illuminated could not be turned on. the boat could not be turned off. the whole thing was not functional. i had to pull the kill switch to shut the boat off, then to reset it i had to turn all of the batteries off... has this ever happened to anyone else?
  • jeffk
    • May 2006
    • 91



    #2
    RE: 220 electrical system voodoo...

    Make sure on your pumps you have the new style impellers that are yellow. These work much better than the old black ones. I had problems with the breaker tripping using the old black ones. Your symptons on the pumps sounds like that.

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    • tdc_worm
      Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
      • Feb 2004
      • 532



      #3
      Re: RE: 220 electrical system voodoo...

      Originally posted by jeffk
      Make sure on your pumps you have the new style impellers that are yellow. These work much better than the old black ones. I had problems with the breaker tripping using the old black ones. Your symptons on the pumps sounds like that.
      cool. those impellors are on order!

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      • TarponGator
        • Feb 2006
        • 15

        • Tarpon Springs, FL


        #4
        RE: Re: RE: 220 electrical system voodoo...

        I second the yellow impellors. Since mine were changed out, no more tripping breakers or unexplained issues. Although I think my belly ballast is slowly filling on its own now after the change of impellors. Maybe an incorrect install?

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