"ILUVMYBOAT" wrote in message
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Well, that's going to be embarrassing. The boat's back in storage but I
plan to go up one night this week to check this out. I'd completely
forgotten about the kill switch. I pulled the starter relay and was going
to order a new one ($15.00) but I think I'll wait.



You won't be the first ..... or last. I just about killed a battery once
before the light bulb went on. Hopefully, it is your problem.


I'll tell you another embarrassing story. The boat I just sold had a
double sink in the galley. One side was a regular sink, the other, smaller
side was equipped with a garbage disposal.

A couple of years ago, shortly after "dewinterizing", I was cleaning up
stuff and ran water in both sections of the sink.
The large section drained quickly, but after a while the side with the
garbage disposal started backing up.
Thinking the disposal was clogged, I turned it on. The water churned and
agitated, but did not drain.

To make a long story short, I got a plunger and plunged away to no avail.
Finally, scooped all the water out as best I could and removed the garbage
disposal unit, making a mess with water everywhere. It was fine .... clean
as a whistle. Headed off to the hardware store and bought a snake. The
snake went into the drain fine for about 8 feet, then hit a solid blockage
that would not give.

Tried over and over for about an hour, "twisting" the snake .... jamming it
against the blockage, nothing worked. Then, the light bulb turned on. I
realized it didn't make sense that the main sink section drained fine, yet
the GD section didn't if the blockage was 8 feet down the drain.

Went down in the engine room and sure enough. Two drains. The main drain
ran to an above the waterline thru hull fitting.
The garbage disposal drain ran to a below the waterline thru hull which had
a nice, brass ball valve installed .... in the closed position, off course.
Scary thing was that I knew that .... I had just forgotten because in all
the years I owned the boat, I never used the garbage disposal.

Eisboch