Power issue with Livewell

[mkeleher]

Hopeing someone can help me out. For some reason when I turn the power switch on to the boat all the gauges come on and the livewell starts running. The switch to the livewell is turned off but continues to run. I disconnected the battery while the boat was not in use. Hooked it back up and now this problem is happening. It has to be something small but I cant seem to put a finger on it. Can anyone help?

 

[NYBo]

Re: Power issue with Livewell

Welcome to iboats!

By "power switch", do you mean the ignition switch or a battery switch? Either way, you have a wiring problem, but we need to know more about your setup.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: Power issue with Livewell

Did you happen to hook the battery cables up backwards???????

 

[MH Hawker]

Re: Power issue with Livewell

And it may be as simple as a bad switch stuck in the on position.

 

[mkeleher]

Re: Power issue with Livewell not motor problem

Re: Power issue with Livewell not motor problem

Well fella's, I have to admit that I fell pretty dumb right now. After staring at the console and boat thinking what have I done, I remembered I have 2 livewell switchs on the boat. The one on the bow of the boat happened to be on..WOW..So we can forget I ever asked about that. But that brings me to my next question. During the aerator deal, I unscrewed the ignition switch off to evaluate the wiring thinking something was wrong. I unscrewed the battery wire and 2 black wires to see if that would kill the accessories. Then put it back together. Later on that day I took the boat to the lake to go fishing and the motor just turned over. I know the motor runs great cause I took it out 2 weeks earlier and it ran just fine. its just something I have done. Does anyone have any idea what could be the problem now?

Thanks for your patience

 

[Scott Danforth]

Re: Power issue with Livewell not motor problem

Re: Power issue with Livewell not motor problem

sounds like you have the ignition wire in the wrong location on the switch

 

[mkeleher]

Re: Power issue with Livewell not motor problem

Re: Power issue with Livewell not motor problem

Which one would be the ignition wire? What color?