2008 330DA Panel switches are intermittent.

[Ginger Kid]

Issue: Sometimes all of the lights blink on my starboard panel switches. After a day or so it starts working normally. I have disconnected and reconnected the panel connector. Recently, both panel switches would not work, but after 20 minutes they suddenly operated normal. I left the boat for two days. When I returned, my blower motor was on, and the panel switches would not work. The cabling generator remote panel with alternate blower switch has been intermittent as well. I think it may be moisture related, and if so where do I look? No fuses or circuit breakers have been blown or tripped. Thank you.

Scott

 

[DMP]

Hi Scott,
What year and model boat? Where are you located?

I have developed replacement EIM keypads shown in this post http://clubsearay.com/index.php?threads/eim-keypad-prototype-available.109025/page-2#post-1348770 (my previous username was pyro)

And I'm very curious on the blinking problem as this is not the typical failure mode I see. This may be the EIM acting up, but so far this has been very rare from what I've seen. I am very interested in this problem since I am considering making replacement EIM boxes.

Could you take a video of the blinking? Preferably video of the keypads while the batteries are turned off to on. I may have demo keypads I could ship out to you for free to see if the problem goes away, and if that works I sell the replacement keypads for $800/each.
Regards, Chris
DMP Keypads