new sounder, electrical setup
Submitted by gibbs on Tue, 2016-02-23 20:19
Hey guys,
Iv got a new Lowrance sounder that i cant get working. It runs fine straight off the battery but it wont run off the terminals under the dash that the old sounder was running off. To through a spanner in the works the old sounder stopped powering up which i put down to corrosion in the power plug as there is a lot of green and bits missing on the female end of the pins.
So any idea where i should start? There is an inline fuse in the positive line which looks fine. The wiring of the new sounder looks designed to hook onto terninals in close range of the front dash rather then run all the way down to the battery.
just dhu it
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wiring
I would guess you have a high resistance join or damaged cable some where sounder suck up the power where as your lights and gaugs dont need that much , look at the feed from the battery up to the dash , otherwise up grade the cabling to a decent size for yoursounderand fuse seperately
Bluedog
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You're never going to get
You're never going to get wiring 6m long from a sounder out of the box. Sounds like you need to replace the wire from the under dash terminal to the battery. Then your old sounder might start working again!!
sandbar
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That fuse that "looks" fine
I would be replacing it for a start. I have had plenty of fuses that look ok and they were not. That would be the 1st thing I do and then start with a test light and work your way along the wire testing all connections.