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Out cruising this weekend and went to start the engine and absolutely nothing! Checked and found 12v at the starter solenoid(large terminal from battery). Tried jumping the two small terminals on the solenoid and got the starter to turn but no start. Then I looked on the engine and remebered there is a circuit breaker on the top of the engine. I hit that reset button, and was then able to jump the solenoid and get started. Anyone know what that circuit breaker is doing there and what would cause it to blow? Wife used a powerful hair dryer with inverter–wondered if that was the culprit?
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Rodd Leeds
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You have a circuit breaker on your engine? Huh… Never seen that before.
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On Sep 5, 2011, at 7:13 PM, Rodd Leeds wrote:
Out cruising this weekend and went to start the engine and absolutely nothing! Checked and found 12v at the starter solenoid(large terminal from battery). Tried jumping the two small terminals on the solenoid and got the starter to turn but no start. Then I looked on the engine and remebered there is a circuit breaker on the top of the engine. I hit that reset button, and was then able to jump the solenoid and get started. Anyone know what that circuit breaker is doing there and what would cause it to blow? Wife used a powerful hair dryer with inverter–wondered if that was the culprit?
Thanks!
Rodd Leeds
Windseeker
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Everyone with a W58 should have a circuit breaker right next to the
solenoid.
On Sep 5, 2011 11:11 PM, “Patrick “Peaboy” Walters”
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You probably have a chafed through wire in the harness that runs over the
top of engine. All Westerbekes have a breaker. It beats a fusible link. I’ve
seen this on smaller Westerbekes.Bob
I’m not being terse. This is from my mobile.
On Sep 6, 2011 6:13 AM, “quent” wrote:There is a wiring diagram in the W-58 manual. Breaker probably also
controls the fuel shut off on the fuel injection pump.
Suggest you check the integrity of the engine wiring.
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This was my situation in Oriental two years ago on the way south. The
wiring on the harness leading over the engine to the “button” style breaker had
frayed, causing the breaker located on the front/port side of my W-60 to
blow. I have learned that many W-60 & 58 owners are not aware of this
breaker, due to its somewhat unconventional appearence.BILL TICE~in residence ~*I*I*TREEHOUSE *I*I*I*~ Smith Mt. Lake, VA
In a message dated 9/6/2011 7:32:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:You probably have a chafed through wire in the harness that runs over the
top of engine. All Westerbekes have a breaker. It beats a fusible link.
I’ve
seen this on smaller Westerbekes.Bob
I’m not being terse. This is from my mobile.
On Sep 6, 2011 6:13 AM, “quent” wrote:There is a wiring diagram in the W-58 manual. Breaker probably also
controls the fuel shut off on the fuel injection pump.
Suggest you check the integrity of the engine wiring.
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thanks guys– I will check the wiring in the harness. I have noticed
recently that when I turned the start key the starter did not energize
immediately, rather it was one or two intermittent attempts before it really
started to crank over. Maybe there is a short in the wiring. I imagine the
wires to check would be those from the key switch, so I’ll ck those first.Rodd Leeds
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Also check to make sure you have clean grounds. Especially the main ground to the engine block.
Another thing to check, and I found this on my W58 before I replaced the entire harness. On the port side where the engine harness is plugged into the harness from the instrument panel, the rubber on the connecting plug gets cracked, loose, corroded or otherwise disfigured. Make sure it’s clean and fits tight. What led me to this in the first place was I turned the key and had no response and found the plug just a little bit pulled out.
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Rodd,
My boat as originally built with a W-60 had a fuel shut-off solenoid at the top of the fuel tank. I honestly don’t remember if this was wired through one of the breakers on the engine. The solenoid was unreliable and caused the engine to stop for no apparent reason. After removing the solenoid, problems went away. I know there were at least two breakers there, one probably fed the instrument panel, key, and regulator. I think a second breaker fed the refrigeration system. I would assume they wired the W58 the same way.If you try to draw too much current from your batteries, the alternator won’t be able to keep the charge level up to 12v. Some smart regulators get unhappy when this happens and can attempt to feed a lot of current into the alternator field windings, as much as 20A. If you’re trying to drive a high-current AC appliance when the engine is at a low speed idle, you might pop the breaker. I drive my engine up to at least 1000RPM when running the microwave. I put in a self-resetting 10A breaker for my regulator.
Rich
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