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Dying Voltmeter?
A couple of years ago, the voltmeter on my boat began to read high.
Over a few weeks time, it ended up reading 16 volts at idle and nearly 18 volts at cruise. The motor is a 1999 model Johnson 150 outboard. It was due for service, and I mentioned it to the dealer. They said the voltmeter was bad, replaced it, and it again read correctly. Now it doing it again. This time the battery was going bad, so I thought maybe that could ahve something to do with it. I replaced the battery last weekend, and it still read high, just like before. I'll be doing some investigating with a multimeter next time I'm out to make sure it's really the meter, but I was just wondering... is this fairly common? The boat stays covered in a slip except when we're using it, so its not like it sits out in the weather and is abused. It just seems that these factory installed voltmeters are dying. |
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