Last week while leaving the sand bar I went to raise my anchor and notice that the voltage gauge on the dash would go down to 0 volts after a few seconds. If I keep the un button press the windlass will stop moving and all the gauges go blank and then reboot. Today I installed new batteries but the problem still persists any ideas?
Windlass voltage problem
- Thread starter TARANTULA
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magstang1
Active Member
Bad ground at the batteries?
Check (carefully) to see if any of the battery terminals are hot or loose when your power fails.
Check (carefully) to see if any of the battery terminals are hot or loose when your power fails.
Bt Doctur
Well-Known Member
Most are a direct wire to the battery so it would mean the batteries are too small to carry the load of the windlass
or the windlass motor is going bad drawing way too much current and killing the battery
or the windlass motor is going bad drawing way too much current and killing the battery
Jack380AC
Member
- Jan 28, 2008
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- Boat Info
- 2000 380 Aft Cabin
- Engines
- Twin 454 Mag MPI Horizon MerCruiser
May not apply here but on my first boat the gauge wire used was too small. Had to rewire.
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