Need help with electrical problem

[ccm14]

Hello,
I have a 2006 Yamaha F150 that I can't get to start. The motor has been bullet proof thus far. When I try to start it the motor will turn over a couple of times and sounds just like the battery is about dead. All of my electronics and gauges work. The trim and trim tabs work like they are getting good juice. I replaced the battery this week and when I check it with my multimeter it reads fully charged.

My first thought was that I had hooked the cables up to the new battery I had made a mistake. I have attached two photos of the cables. Maybe someone can see a mistake on my part.

I have taken the cables off of the new battery and cleaned the terminals and posts. Put them back on good and tight. Still will not start.

If you will note on the second photo there is what looks like a breaker attached to the inside of the battery box. There is what I take to be a reset button (red) on the breaker and the button is sticking out. I tried to push it back in but it will not stay in. Don't know if the button should be in or out. Also don't know if this would even play any part in my problem. There is a heavy red wire that comes from the battery to the breaker and a small wire that comes out of the breaker. There is a 10 amp fuse in the wire that comes from the breaker. It appeared to be burned out so I replaced it. Did not help.

My gut feel is that we have a user problem here and I am just overlooking something.

Unfortunately I am pretty much electronically challenged so I don't know how to check for current flow or anything of that nature.

If anyone can see any problem with my wiring or can suggest anything that I can check please let me know.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Charlie

 

[seabob4]

Re: Need help with electrical problem

Charlie, check your email...

 

[NYBo]

Re: Need help with electrical problem

You need to check the other ends of the main battery cables, i.e. at the starter solenoid and the ground point on the engine block. These connections need to be clean and tight too. If that doesn't do it, your next step is to check the solenoid and starter.

 

[Scorpion8]

Re: Need help with electrical problem

I'd pull anything I didn't understand out of the circuit so I had a straight-wire-run battery to engine. See if it starts then, and start re-wiring it to see where the issue lies.

 

[jhebert]

Re: Need help with electrical problem

I recommend you read this article:

Electric Starting Circuits
http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/electricStart.html

It will suggest about 50 places to look for problems in the typical electric starting circuit.

 

[hrdwrkingacguy]

Re: Need help with electrical problem

What does the small red wire go to? and that button should be pushed in and stay in...That circuit breaker is bad...weird to be feeding something so small with a wire so much larger? what is that circuit doing?

 

[Fireman431]

Re: Need help with electrical problem

First, load check your battery at an Auto Zone, Advance, or Pep Boys. They can read full charge but not handle a load (bad cell). Take that possibility out of the equasion first.