Joe, wouldn't a short drain the battery or blow the fuse?

Magnum


"Joe" wrote in message
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"Seahag" wrote in message
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Break out a meter. Sounds like a short. If so re-wire.

Joe



So the aft-most two dome lights (12 volt) on a 4 light circuit have been
giving me the blues for a month or so. Intermittant most of the time
but
now dead, sort of... Bill replaced the switch on one and they both
worked
until he left town...After another day of meters and torn up galley
seems
he's getting 13 volts through the wires but it won't light the
bulb...He's
thinking there is some sort of resistance somewhere. Any ideas?
Experience? Jokes?? The Taiwanese in their infinite wisdumb epoxied
the
wires into the deck beams and cabin sides!!!

Seahag
(Dinner's on before dark!)

"Magnum" wrote in message link.net...
Joe, wouldn't a short drain the battery or blow the fuse?

Magnum

Yeah if she has breakers or fuses. And I think haggy lives aboard so
most likely she uses a contavolt to keep the batteries charged and
carry the house load.




"Joe" wrote in message
om...
"Seahag" wrote in message
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Break out a meter. Sounds like a short. If so re-wire.

Joe



So the aft-most two dome lights (12 volt) on a 4 light circuit have been
giving me the blues for a month or so. Intermittant most of the time
but
now dead, sort of... Bill replaced the switch on one and they both
worked
until he left town...After another day of meters and torn up galley
seems
he's getting 13 volts through the wires but it won't light the
bulb...He's
thinking there is some sort of resistance somewhere. Any ideas?
Experience? Jokes?? The Taiwanese in their infinite wisdumb epoxied
the
wires into the deck beams and cabin sides!!!

Seahag
(Dinner's on before dark!)

"Joe" wrote:
"Magnum" wrote:
Joe, wouldn't a short drain the battery or blow the fuse?

Magnum

Yeah if she has breakers or fuses. And I think haggy lives aboard so
most likely she uses a contavolt to keep the batteries charged and
carry the house load.

We have breakers, fuses, and a C-Charger 5000 series charger as well as a
galvanic isolater (something like that anyway).

Seahag

"Seahag" wrote in message ...
"Joe" wrote:
"Magnum" wrote:
Joe, wouldn't a short drain the battery or blow the fuse?

Magnum

Yeah if she has breakers or fuses. And I think haggy lives aboard so
most likely she uses a contavolt to keep the batteries charged and
carry the house load.

We have breakers, fuses, and a C-Charger 5000 series charger as well as a
galvanic isolater (something like that anyway).

Seahag


So....Did ya find the problem?

Joe