Where are you measureing the voltage at?? If it's at the battery you may have a bad rectifier or stator. If it's at an in dash volt meter the meter could be bad.
Stupid question. What does your other boat say on the volt meter when it is running??
From what I can tell you may have a charging system prob. If you're going to work on this yourself, get an OEM factory service manual. The testing procedures are very clear in them. Stay away from Seloc and Clymer. If you're only using your battery for starting and keep it fully charged it will last for a good summers worth.
Not rare. Search for "Blown Rectifier" and you'll find many with low voltage issues. If the voltage at the battery is that low and does not ever move, then you have a charging system problem.Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. Yes... low voltage would mean I have a charging problem, clearly. Is this a rare occurance in these motors? I see a lot of high voltage problems, but no one seems to have low volage issues. I need a guru to help sort this out! Thanks...
Not rare. Search for "Blown Rectifier" and you'll find many with low voltage issues. If the voltage at the battery is that low and does not ever move, then you have a charging system problem.
Check all of the connections and fuses first.
Check the AC volts going to the rectifier from the stator coil at the yellow and yellow gray wires. Should be well above 12 volts.
The round non-regulated rectifier can be tested by following this:
http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=190638
if no AC volts then probably the stator coil is bad. Ohms test across the disconnected yellows should be a very low reading.
Not rare. Search for "Blown Rectifier" and you'll find many with low voltage issues. If the voltage at the battery is that low and does not ever move, then you have a charging system problem.
Check all of the connections and fuses first.
Check the AC volts going to the rectifier from the stator coil at the yellow and yellow gray wires. Should be well above 12 volts.
The round non-regulated rectifier can be tested by following this:
http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=190638
if no AC volts then probably the stator coil is bad. Ohms test across the disconnected yellows should be a very low reading.
If you have one, what brand service manual are you working out of?? The OEM ones have the best info in them. As to your ?, the yellow wires have to connect to the stator and makes no difference if reversed going to the stator yellow wires. You may want to start checking your stator for proper output.
You may also want to check the stator with an ohmmeter against the specs in your manual. If the battery starts the mtr ok I can't see how it would be bad but it would be worth a try. My manual only shows ohmmeter tests for the stator side of the charging system. no out put tests.
Thanks for the ultra fast reply... It pretty much sat at 16 volts no matter what rpms I was running. RPMs seem to have little to no affect on it. I could get the volts to drop my hitting the trim, and running various lights, etc. When testing the stator output, what should I see? And should I look for AC volts or DC volts off the stator?? Thanks as always..... Delton
If this was just a rectifier you put on it it's normal to see 16 volts in the system. (bolts on side of mtr). If it was a regulator/rectifier (mounts in top of block) 14.2 is normal. It does help to post the EXACT model#. Saves a lot of finger work. LOL.
