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It is a Mercruiser 3.0 I have positive hooked up to the battery and am testing with multimeter from the -battery to the case. I haven't hooked the battery up fully as to not blow anything. Even though it wasn't blowing anything before. I can hook it up when I get home and see if the wire is...
The sensing wire is producing 12v and when plugged in it shorts the alternator case and then to the engine. I also had an issue with the circuit breaker being corroded and not functioning. I am replacing that today. The whole boat when I got it had a parasitic draw of .5amps. I don't have any...
I have a 03 Bayliner 195 runabout with a 3.0 and I have a short that I have narrowed down to the alternator sensing wire. It is shorting to engine ground. If I unplug the ignition(purple)/sensing(red/purple) wires the short goes away. I have replaced the alternator(new not remanufactured) and...
