it has recently come to my attention that carolina skiff does not use ANY corrosion protection on any of their wiring when they build boats that they know will be in salt water.
my 2014 sea skiff has about 25hrs on it total. it sat all last year due to the constant rain we got here. I'm "assuming" that due to all the humidity and the lack of corrosion protection that moisture was basically wreaking havoc on the wiring in the center console. All I know is that my bilge pump isnt working and the indicator light on the dash isnt coming on.
I filled the bilge with hose water and the key on to see if the float switch works which it does not apparently so maybe my basically new and barely ever used bilge pump is bad?
I'm still inclined to think its the switch as I have two other switches where the fuse is constantly tripped. I cant believe a bilge pump with maybe 20 minutes of run time and two live well pumps that combined have 3 minutes of run time (never used the live wells but did test them out first time I was on the water) are all bad. In the pictures, the bilge switch is second from right when looking at the exposed panel.
anyway. I took pics of the pump wiring and the panel wiring as the pump/float have brown and black wires and the float also has a brown/redstripe wire. I can find the brown and the brown/red wire at the switch but cant find the black wire to jump and check...I dont want to accidently burn something up that is otherwise good until proven bad. just looking for help.
also, how do I test the live well switches to see if maybe the fuse is bad or the switch is bad. I know something is shorting to cause the fuse to keep popping....
and yes, once I get everything fixed and tested I'm going nuts on the wiring with corrosion protection.
my 2014 sea skiff has about 25hrs on it total. it sat all last year due to the constant rain we got here. I'm "assuming" that due to all the humidity and the lack of corrosion protection that moisture was basically wreaking havoc on the wiring in the center console. All I know is that my bilge pump isnt working and the indicator light on the dash isnt coming on.
I filled the bilge with hose water and the key on to see if the float switch works which it does not apparently so maybe my basically new and barely ever used bilge pump is bad?
I'm still inclined to think its the switch as I have two other switches where the fuse is constantly tripped. I cant believe a bilge pump with maybe 20 minutes of run time and two live well pumps that combined have 3 minutes of run time (never used the live wells but did test them out first time I was on the water) are all bad. In the pictures, the bilge switch is second from right when looking at the exposed panel.
anyway. I took pics of the pump wiring and the panel wiring as the pump/float have brown and black wires and the float also has a brown/redstripe wire. I can find the brown and the brown/red wire at the switch but cant find the black wire to jump and check...I dont want to accidently burn something up that is otherwise good until proven bad. just looking for help.
also, how do I test the live well switches to see if maybe the fuse is bad or the switch is bad. I know something is shorting to cause the fuse to keep popping....
and yes, once I get everything fixed and tested I'm going nuts on the wiring with corrosion protection.