sangerwaker
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Last fall, I had a dead battery on my last trip out for the season. I didn't do anything to it other than charge the battery. After storing the boat for a long winter nap, I recharged the battery and had it tested. It was fine, so I reinstalled it in the boat and had no problems...for a while. After about 8 trips out with the boat, the battery was dead again. I broke out the manual and did some testing on the charging system, and discovered that the upper voltage regulator/rectifier was out of spec, and thought it was bad until I read that the tach would act erractic if it was bad. My tach had worked perfectly...until Wednsday night. I have a tournament Saturday, so I charged the battery and tried to go out last night again, but after the motor ran for a couple of minutes, the oil alarm (fast beep) sounded and the motor shut down and would not restart. The alarm would sound after cranking as well. I checked my manual today and noticed that the alarm circuit for the oil has a feed from the tach circuit. I'm wondering if these two problems aren't related somehow.<br /><br />Is it possible for a bad voltage regulator/rectifier to cause these symptoms? I really hate to start throwing parts at it, especially since the rectifier is over $100.<br /><br />Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to give as many details as I could. Any help would be appreciated.