Acr acl-100 spotlight wont rotate
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CaptRonn
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- May 25, 2016
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- Boat Info
- 1999 Sea Ray 400 Sedan Bridge
- Engines
- Convert fuel into noise
yobub
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Diagnosing is pretty straightforward. There are a couple ways to approach it. You can identify the pair of wires that control the rotational motor, snip them, and directly feed power to them to see if the issue is the motor or the controller that sends the signal. I'm away from my computer and dont remember the pair offhand, but it is listed in the manual linked above. If the light rotates with 12v sent directly to those wires, the issue is upstream, either the pad or the box. You can test that with the wires snipped as well, testing for voltage coming from the controller box into the light.
The other approach rather than snipping wires is to disassemble the light and test the motor that way. You can put a meter on the same wires and see if you have voltage coming in, test the same way.
What you may find, especially in salt water, is that water gets in and corrodes the motors.
If you buy the motors from ACR they are stupid expensive. If you search Club Sea Ray you will find a long thread that discusses troubleshooting and finding replacement motors. That thread is probably 3 years old. Several people found inexpensive replacement motors in Amazon that may not be exactly the right rotational spec but work.
The other approach rather than snipping wires is to disassemble the light and test the motor that way. You can put a meter on the same wires and see if you have voltage coming in, test the same way.
What you may find, especially in salt water, is that water gets in and corrodes the motors.
If you buy the motors from ACR they are stupid expensive. If you search Club Sea Ray you will find a long thread that discusses troubleshooting and finding replacement motors. That thread is probably 3 years old. Several people found inexpensive replacement motors in Amazon that may not be exactly the right rotational spec but work.
on it thanks for the help
