master switch wiring problem

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  • ag4ever
    1,000 Post Club Member
    • Feb 2004
    • 1180



    master switch wiring problem

    I have had a problem with the wire on the master switch (on - off - bilge on) falling off at inopportune times. It usually happens when I am near the spillway on a major river, and the current tends to pull me towards it at an uncomfortable rate. This has happened about half a dozen times at least. The first year we had the boat it happened at least 4 times. i took it in and that secured the wire better, but it has recently happened again, and seems to be happening more frequently. I am sure the reason it is happening is the rough water I tend to be in and the fact that the connector is just a spade male/female connector, and only uses a friction fit.

    Has anybody else had this problem? And it so, what do you do to fix it?

    I hate to take it into the dealer for warranty on such a trivial and minor thing, but heck I would really like it if the whole boat opperated as it was designed to, and not keep leaving me stranded in the middle of the lake, or even worse, by a spillway with a 100' drop on the other side.
  • nms1991
    Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
    • Apr 2004
    • 477

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    #2
    RE: master switch wiring problem

    AG4EVER if the boat is still under warranty take it in and have the dealership change it to a screw terminal type of switch. But if you want to do it your self you can but do not forget to change the connecter to ring terminals. That should cure that problem of the wires comming off.

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    • Frost
      • Jul 2003
      • 161



      #3
      RE: master switch wiring problem

      nms1991 is right, the current bilge switches have been changed to the screw typr that accept ring terminals. Your dealer shouldn't have any problem changing this for you

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