electrical problem-suzuki dt 140

[offshore99]

I went to start my 96 Suzuki DT 140 this morning, I heard the electric choke solenoid work, the guages were working and then nothing. Now I turn the key on and nothing. I tried the power tilt button on the shifter and nothing. I try the tilt button on the side of the motor and the down button does nothing, when I try to raise the motor with the button on cowl I hear a clicking noise inside the black sealed box on the other side of the motor. ( I looked at wiring diagram at Brown's point and it looks like it's a CDI?) Any idea where I can start? The battery was a little low but not dead- it's on the charger. I washed the boat yesterday and the tilt trim was working fine.

 

[rodbolt]

Re: electrical problem-suzuki dt 140

check all battery connections, the CDI has absolutly nothing to do with electical power for any engine functions.

 

[offshore99]

Re: electrical problem-suzuki dt 140

check all battery connections, the CDI has absolutly nothing to do with electical power for any engine functions.

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Thanks, The old battery was reading 11 to 12 volts on a battery meter, the same as the new one. I switched out batteries and everything works OK now. Can a battery be bad and still read a high voltage like that? They are both deep cycle wet filled marine starting batteries.

 

[chanice]

Re: electrical problem-suzuki dt 140

check all battery connections, the CDI has absolutly nothing to do with electical power for any engine functions.

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Thanks, The old battery was reading 11 to 12 volts on a battery meter, the same as the new one. I switched out batteries and everything works OK now. Can a battery be bad and still read a high voltage like that? They are both deep cycle wet filled marine starting batteries.

a battery with a bad cell can still read 12 volts output off load to check the battery correctly you should use a load test meter this puts a high current test on the battery whilst reading the terminal voltage

 

[offshore99]

Re: electrical problem-suzuki dt 140

Thanks for the info, Advanced Auto parts says they have free battery checks. I will take the old one down and have it checked. I'm glad it happened in the driveway and not out on the water!