Horn doesn't stop honking

[Little.desperado]

Hi Everybody, <br /><br />i got a 30HP 1989 Evinrude Outboard with remote control box.<br />today i installed the outboard, control box, battery,... on my boat.<br />When is started the engine by turning the ignition key the horn of the remote control box started honking and did not stop.<br />I thought it would just honk while i start the engine, but it first ended after turning the engine of.<br /><br />I don't know what i did wrong!<br /><br />I hope anybody can help me!<br /><br />Thanks very much!

 

[Joe Reeves]

Re: Horn doesn't stop honking

If you have the regular control box that encases the horn, you may have simply grounded the horn somehow. With the horn sounding (beeping steady), remove the TAN wire from the horn.<br /><br />If removing that TAN wire causes the horn to stop beeping, then I would suspect that the TAN wire is grounded at some point between the horn and the engine... or withing the engine compartment.<br /><br />If the horn continues to beep with that TAN wire removed, then the horn is faulty.

 

[Little.desperado]

Re: Horn doesn't stop honking

Thanks for your reply!<br /><br />I heard that the horn is also honking if there is a problem with the temperature of the engine!<br />Can there be a problem with the temperature sensor, too?<br />How can i check this out?

 

[rickdb1boat]

Re: Horn doesn't stop honking

Unplug the tan wire from the temp. sensor on the motor. If the beeping stops, the sensor is faulty...

 

[Little.desperado]

Re: Horn doesn't stop honking

Thanks everybody for your replies and help!<br /><br />I found the reason of the problem.<br />-> The horn was connected to purple wire(12V), TAN wire and to ground! <br />After disconnecting the ground wire from the horn everything worked perfectly!

 

[rickdb1boat]

Re: Horn doesn't stop honking

Glad you got it. ...

 

[Joe Reeves]

Re: Horn doesn't stop honking

It sounds like you just took the horn out of the system rather than having it wired properly. If so, the only warning you'll receive if the engine overheats is when the powerhead seizes up and screeches to a halt.

 

[Little.desperado]

Re: Horn doesn't stop honking

I checked this out before!<br />I put the TAN Wire that was connected to the temperature sensor to ground and it sounded!<br />Was this correct?

 

[seahorse5]

Re: Horn doesn't stop honking

If you removed the short black ground wire from the horn, and the horn stopped sounding then, the electronics inside the horn are bad.<br /><br />You say when you ground out the temp switch the horn sounds like it should, then it is still operational, but you do not have any "self test" feature to let you know that the alarm system is OK when you turn the key on.

 

[Little.desperado]

Re: Horn doesn't stop honking

So i have to buy a new horn?