Deck wash makes radio turn off

 I've just had a new deck wash put in, when I turn it on it makes the radio turn off. Any ideas on how to stop this.

Also when I start the boat motor the furuno 585 turns off.

 

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 Initial thought on the

Fri, 2016-04-01 05:38

 Initial thought on the second issue is that the voltage is dropping too much when the battery is loaded up by cranking the motor.  As too how to fix it, im not too sure.  First place to start may be to check your terminals arent loose.  I have a mate who is an auto sparkie if you need one.

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 What suburb does your mate

Fri, 2016-04-01 07:47

 What suburb does your mate work?

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 Hillarys

Fri, 2016-04-01 19:27

 Hillarys

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 Total fleet solutions.  He

Fri, 2016-04-01 21:04

 Total fleet solutions.  He is a boatie and fisherman so understands the needs of fishermen.

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 Do you run two cranking

Fri, 2016-04-01 05:42

 Do you run two cranking batteries?  If money isnt too much of an issue consider replacing one with a deep cycle (about $225 depending on size) and run your electrics off that so they are isolated from the cranking battery and not affected by voltage drops.

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Def voltage issue possibly.

Fri, 2016-04-01 05:47

Def voltage issue possibly. Could be caused by many things

Loose terminals

Old batteries

Wiring

Etc etc

 

Bit more info on batteries and how its wired. Some electronics are less tolerant to volt drop.

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 I wouldnt have thought the

Fri, 2016-04-01 05:50

 I wouldnt have thought the deck wash would affect the voltage enough to affect the radio so i reckon there is definitely an issue with a connection or your battery could be close to packing it in.

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 Could do,volt drop is

Fri, 2016-04-01 07:36

 Could do,volt drop is proportional to current draw. 

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Yeh

Fri, 2016-04-01 08:11

thanks ohms 

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 When my battery/s were on

Fri, 2016-04-01 06:19

 When my battery/s were on their way out the 585 would turn off as the voltage was too low. Not sure about the radio issue though. Good luck, hope its a simple fix!

 

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 Sounds simple enough, like

Fri, 2016-04-01 07:18

 Sounds simple enough, like said above def voltage drop. I just installed a new battery isolater in my boat and behind was the main earth connection to the boat. It was encrusted in salt corrosion etc. Gave it a good clean up. Things like that get to stage where if not noticed one day the boat won't start and you'll be pulling your hair out trying to find the issue. Maybe something else to check Simo.

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You have a Main Earth on your

Fri, 2016-04-01 07:33

You have a Main Earth on your boat? Theres your first problem haha

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 That's how it came out the

Fri, 2016-04-01 07:33

 That's how it came out the factory Vin?

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 You mean main Ground or

Fri, 2016-04-01 07:36

 You mean main Ground or Negative?

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 There's a few smaller leads

Fri, 2016-04-01 07:41

 There's a few smaller leads attached as well, ground?

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electrolysis

Fri, 2016-04-01 09:05

unless you like electrolysis Andy, disconnect wiring from your hull and run your grounds back to the negative on your battery, current flow through your hull should be avoided.
I hear they have been doing that on the newer quintrex's, the older one's like I used to have were not using the hulls as a ground. I cant understand why a boat builder would do this either
send me a msg if you need more info

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 Thanks mate, will do.

Fri, 2016-04-01 22:08

 Thanks mate, will do.

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 I asked myself the same

Fri, 2016-04-01 10:00

 I asked myself the same thing.  Mine is all earthed back to the negative battery terminal and therefore grounded to the engine block.

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Fri, 2016-04-01 07:22

 Radio would only be drawing an amp or 2 in standby mode, so for that to drop out, a lot of power is being rediverted when the pump kicks in, and pumps don't draw a real lot either. Check all of the above and also check your earths. 

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Alot of larger boats

Fri, 2016-04-01 11:19

ground out the radio to the hull to avoid interference from engine revs. Common practice. It will only cause electrolyisis if it gets immersed in water.

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 Feel free to drop your boat

Fri, 2016-04-01 19:18

 Feel free to drop your boat (or battery) down to us and we can load test the battery for you Simo. It will eliminate that for starters. Open tomorrow till 12 or call us to arrange a time.  All above are good points, sometimes hard to diagnose exactly without seeing/testing in person though, could be a simple fix but if it's just started after the deck wash pump install that's the place to start looking first.

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 Hey guys, I pulled the

Fri, 2016-04-01 19:54

 Hey guys, I pulled the switch off and there is corrosion. Looks like a mess!!

I'm gonna try and get it rewired. Heading to Exy next Thursday, so I'm cutting it fine.

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 Stop cutting it so bloody

Fri, 2016-04-01 22:08

 Stop cutting it so bloody fine will ya!!!! Going away is important shit!

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 Cutting it fine?  I leave

Fri, 2016-04-01 22:26

 Cutting it fine?  I leave for monkey mia on thursday and have to pull apart my steering and clean it out this weekend!

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Seems like we are all leaving

Fri, 2016-04-01 22:27

Seems like we are all leaving thurs, i have waaaaay more to do than a few batteries solar new tanks new fridges hahaha

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 ha ha get your shit together

Fri, 2016-04-01 22:35

 ha ha get your shit together you lot! I have my piss stacked in the shed ready to go for July 

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 if i did that it there

Sat, 2016-04-02 16:09

 if i did that there wouldn't be any left in july...

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^ Is your shed

Sat, 2016-04-02 09:55

 locked Andy - and where do you live ? 

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 Yeah mate big bastard

Sat, 2016-04-02 11:03

 Yeah mate big bastard padlock 

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All good, fuel tanks in,

Sat, 2016-04-02 18:31

All good, fuel tanks in, strechers done, fridges in, solar and new battery management done!

 

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It obviously never use to do

Fri, 2016-04-01 20:03

It obviously never use to do this? No ones mentioned a dodgy fitup job. Simo go get your batteries tested first then if they test ok l would be taking back to whoever installed it and getting them to sort it out free of charge. 

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 yup im leaving thursday lol

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