Where is the battery switch on my 06 lowe fs175??!!!

[ColinSiR]

Ive looked high and lowe(haha get it) for this battery switch.....I can find it. doesnt say anything in manual?? Where do they hide these switches!!???
Thanks

 

[Bondo]

Re: Where is the battery switch on my 06 lowe fs175??!!!

I can find it. doesnt say anything in manual??

Ayuh,.... Welcome Aboard,... is that can, or Can't,..??

Who says it's even Got a battery switch,..??

Follow the (+) positive wire from the battery,...
If there's a Switch, it'll be the 1st thing connected to that wire....

 

[ColinSiR]

Re: Where is the battery switch on my 06 lowe fs175??!!!

Ayuh,.... Welcome Aboard,... is that can, or Can't,..??

Who says it's even Got a battery switch,..??

Follow the (+) positive wire from the battery,...
If there's a Switch, it'll be the 1st thing connected to that wire....

Sorry my bad on spelling.I cant find it, It has a main battery and 2 accessory batteries so Im assuming its gotta have a switch. Ive tried following the wires and they go down the deep black hole on the side of the boat(unaccesible unless I start taking stuff apart)
and there also has to be a switch somewhere cause when I hook another new battery up it does nothing. Im having a blonde moment.

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Where is the battery switch on my 06 lowe fs175??!!!

the joys of buying a used boat and inheriting the previous owner's skilled improvements. Call him if you can.

Possible they aren't linked? Dead? For example, one dedicated to a trolling motor might be independent of the others. That, however, creates a charging issue.

Sounds like you owe it to yourseld to trace, understand and label all your wiring.

 

[5150abf]

Re: Where is the battery switch on my 06 lowe fs175??!!!

It isn't factory I would geuss so it could be anywhere, look in all the hatches and storage areas, I have the same set up and mine I put under the driver seat, it flips up for storage, they are generally pretty big and red provided the PO used the correct switch

 

[Don S]

Re: Where is the battery switch on my 06 lowe fs175??!!!

If you follow the positive battery cables from the motor to the and loose them in a dark black hole, and also loose the red battery cable from the battery in that same dark hole, somewhere in that dark black hole is your switch. Are there any 6" to 8" round deck plates in that area?
I doubt the switch was installed without a way of accessing it.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: Where is the battery switch on my 06 lowe fs175??!!!

You do not need a battery switch just because the boat has a bunch of batteries. A 24 volt trolling motor needs two batteries connected in series like shown below: That does not require a switch of any kind.

Just because you replaced a battery and whatever it powers doesn't work is also no reason to suspect you have a battery switch. As Don said -- if there is nothing between the POSITIVE post of the battery and wherever a red cable disappears, you probably don't have.

I would be more inclined to be looking for a built-in (called an on-board) battery charger that has a regular AC power cord laying about. You plug that in at the dock to charge the troller batteries. The engine will take care fo the starting battery.

 

[ColinSiR]

Re: Where is the battery switch on my 06 lowe fs175??!!!

You do not need a battery switch just because the boat has a bunch of batteries. A 24 volt trolling motor needs two batteries connected in series like shown below: That does not require a switch of any kind.

Just because you replaced a battery and whatever it powers doesn't work is also no reason to suspect you have a battery switch. As Don said -- if there is nothing between the POSITIVE post of the battery and wherever a red cable disappears, you probably don't have.

I would be more inclined to be looking for a built-in (called an on-board) battery charger that has a regular AC power cord laying about. You plug that in at the dock to charge the troller batteries. The engine will take care fo the starting battery.

You guys are right, No switch, I was just boosting one of the trolling batteries witch does nothing.....All good now and the batteries hold a charge. So Im happy they made it through winter.
Thanks again guys