"RH" wrote in message
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I took the battery and had it tested,it was fine. The connectors are rock
solid and clamped down with wing nuts.



"CalifBill" wrote in message
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"RH" wrote in message
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I have an 05 Hurricane deckboat with an 05 Honda 135 outboard.
Periodically,not all the time while driving,idling,trailering,etc when i
hit the trim the engine will stop and all power to the boat interrupted.

I unhook the wires from the battery for 10 seconds,rehook them
up,restart the motor and take off as normal,wont happen again or all the
time. To me this signals some sort of relay or something is bad. When i
unhook and rehook the wires to the battery,i can almost hear some sort
of click in the motor like a relay turning on,etc.

Any ideas what this might be? I am 100 miles from my dealer and had the
boat delivered,i would really not like to have it shipped back to them
if it's a simple part.
Thanks for any help!


Either a flaky battery or a bad battery cable connector. check if a
crimp connector on the cable is loose or corroded.




Check the cable itself. The connectors will corrode inside and make bad
contact to the wire. Take a volt meter and while trying to start, check for
voltage along the path. Both with the ground probe grounded to the battery
and if that shows OK, connect the voltage probe to the battery and check
along the path to see where ground is missing.