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  1. dingbat

    2005 200hp Mercury Optimax Water in Gas

    Sounds fishy...... good quality coalescing filters are 98% efficient at removing water. I suspect the sensor is contaminated. Pull the line to your primer bulb and drop it in a gas can of fresh fuel. If the alarm is still there, the sensor is contaminated or needs reset
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    Dead Batteries

    No, they don't drain through the ground cable. That is a butt load of power to use that quickly!!!! Where and how is the second switch wired in to the system?
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    Trailer Brakes

    47 years and counting in manufacturing. 30+ of those years in management positions. Lived through the downfall of manufacturing in the US. Nothing to do with greed. It was survival Follow the money…. Three parties put manufacturing out of business in the US. STEM….good Welder, machinist and...
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    2005 200hp Mercury Optimax Water in Gas

    Could be all the naphtha (additives) setting off the alarm…lol Did you install a 10 micron coalescing filter with sight bowl and drain or a spin-on?
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    weird grounding issue

    Had to Google....... lot of the confusion comes from automotive burring the lines between power distribution and control circuits. It works, so it must be right.......lol Power distribution requires that you switch and fuse the Source for safety considerations. When using a switch as a...
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    Boat struggles when Warm

    According to the MSDS.......pretty much the same formulation for both
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    weird grounding issue

    A simple analogy is to compare the flow of electrons from your battery to ground as a faucet and a drain If you want to stop the flow of current, you turn off the faucet (battery) you don’t plug the drain (switch negative)
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    weird grounding issue

    Power flows from positive to negative (ground). Unless you’re from the British isles, you switch positive for safety reasons in DC circuit ;) The difference between power and ground switching lies in the location of the control devices, either closer to power, or to ground, respectively...
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    Livewell and Interior design brainstorm

    Not my boat, but the same make and model
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    Water in the fuel

    Gravity........as noted above, vents are on the underside of cap
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    Sealant Around Center Console

    It’s not urgent unless it’s leaking Have never seen black chalk used in a boat. Don't think UV resistant chalk is available in black either
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    console hatch

    A picture of the part would help
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    Water in the fuel

    Been around since at least 1997 since mine has them on both tanks. https://www.perko.com/catalog/fuel_system_components/927/epa_compliant_sealed_flip_top_cap_fills_for_1-1_2_hose_with_vpr_-_angled_neck/ No vent fitting protruding through the side of the hull and no vent “loop” to worry about...
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    What To Get?

    I'm guessing you mean 3 miles from the inlet, not the beach since you could be 2 miles off the beach yet 15 miles from "safe harbor". Well, that's no fun. Where is your sense of adventure? Now, timing the arrival of cold fronts while Striper fishing in early winter can get interesting. Have...
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    What To Get?

    Inquiring minds want to know happens if you go say…3.1 miles from the beach?
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    What To Get?

    Any boat can do all three, boils down to comfort under the prevailing conditions.
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    Trim Fails Going Up Randomly

    Most things that come back to life after sitting for a bit are thermal related. By pass the relays to power the motor directly. Reverse wire polarity to see if problem stays or moves with wire swap
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    Livewell and Interior design brainstorm

    Depends on your needs and usage. I primarily fish/troll so I wanted a large, open cockpit (outboard) with easy access to the (back) corners with lots of tackle and rod storage. Transom has large storage compartments on each side of the splash-well. Enclosures house the batteries, one on each...
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    Water in the fuel

    By chance, do you have a self venting gas cap? Went 10 years before the stars aligned and had water come through the vent in the cap
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    Trailer Brakes

    No to mention I know for a fact that China does not restrict inspection. Traveled to and from my ex-employers manufacturing facility in Shanghai many times over the years. Company offered me a 5 year, GM position at the facility prior to my departure Great opportunity. Would have taken the...
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