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My phone won't let me edit the post. No power to sbd or port engine.
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What engines on what boat?
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671s. 38C. I think we may have solved it. I was blaming the parallel solenoid, but its looking like both Guest battery switches failed simultaneously.
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Little battery switches really *&^%&*. If you have never seen the inside, a copper foil on a plastic disk. It is common to smoke the smaller (cost effective) switches.
Keep us up on what you continue to find.
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Blue Sea Systems makes robust battery switches. At least I haven't cooked any, yet.
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Both of my Guest switches failed. Not at the same time. The plastic housings break and the spring pressure separates the contacts. I don't know that it's necessarily Guests fault. They were probably over forty years old. However, I replaced with Blue Seas also.
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These appear to be original. One engine always cranked slower than the other. He was cranking that one with the parallel engaged. We suspect that switch failed while he was cranking it and the parallel switch transfered the load to the other switch, cooking it. We'll have 2 new ones on Tuesday. Hopefully that solves it for good.
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jim rosenthal
Blue Sea Systems makes robust battery switches. At least I haven't cooked any, yet.
Do they match the footprint of he Guest? These are integrated into the electrical panel and would be a real pita to alter.
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If these switches were the original Guest switches in the Hatt box, the new Guest switches look different but bolt rite in.