T&T? Bet you never heard this one!!

Boss Hawg

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Walked outside this mourning after it quit raining & heard a buzzing sound coming from my boat ( '87 Starcraft with '87 Johnson 70hp ) every few seconds!! Quickly realized the motor was in a fully raised postion & knew it was down when i left it yesterday :eek: None of my 3 switches would work at all- Was about to disconect the battery to stop it from still trying to raise itself (again all on its own every few seconds for about 2 seconds each time) when i tryed the rear switch once more & everything started working normal again :confused:
I've had the boat a couple of months now & this is the first time anything like this has happened & i've done no type of electrical work on the T&T-
Any ideals?
 

tashasdaddy

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Re: T&T? Bet you never heard this one!!

squirrel, rat, mice?
 

Boss Hawg

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Re: T&T? Bet you never heard this one!!

squirrel, rat, mice?

Nope- I'm a little bit fanatical about keeping the rear compartments clean & organized :rolleyes: If fact i was checking everthing out just yesterday hoping to take it out today (dang rain :mad:)
 

ezeke

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Re: T&T? Bet you never heard this one!!

That's your relays; take them out and check the potting. When moisture gets past the sealant they will act like that.
 

Boss Hawg

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Re: T&T? Bet you never heard this one!!

That's your relays; take them out and check the potting. When moisture gets past the sealant they will act like that.

Thanks- makes sense- it did just come a toad floater here & the darlin was not under cover :(
 

Chris1956

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Re: T&T? Bet you never heard this one!!

Boss that happened twice to me! The tim toggle switch on the control handle gets rain water in it, ang the water makes a connection to raise the motor up
 

Boss Hawg

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Re: T&T? Bet you never heard this one!!

Boss that happened twice to me! The tim toggle switch on the control handle gets rain water in it, ang the water makes a connection to raise the motor up

I do have a little gap in my control handle i've been meaning to fix -
Guess it time :rolleyes:
 
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