So I was having one of those well at least its better than work days out on the lake, you know the one where you're fishing is really just sitting on a boat enjoying the sun. We put in and the boat fired right up with out a problem, went to a spot fished for a little no bite went to move, boat fired up, got to a new spot, no boat and went to move.....boats dead. Got it started, ran it for some time, like at least 30 mins, idling, half throttle, WOT, shut it off went to restart it.......dead. So we fished little with the trolling motor and called it a night.
Outboard info:
04 Tracker (Merc) 60 hp 2 stroke
S/N : 0T912038
So while we were on the way home I posted in a group on Facebook and they all stated the voltage regulator.
The next day got the cowling off and started looking and noticed somethings, well something.
Anything look a bit off?
Well the regulator itself looked ok, its the wires from the stator that looked bad!
New one is on order, we were able to get them connectors apart pretty easy, we didn't do any testing with the motor running because well we didn't want it to catch fire. We also didn't have a voltmeter on the boat before this.....
Thats changed!
So I was told the following. I need to replace the regulator, new on is on the way, added the voltmeter, and was told to run it and see what the voltage is coming off of the stator. So now I have some questions....
When installing the new regulator I am assuming that yellow to yellow, red to the appropriate red, and all that. But it doesn't matter which yellow goes to which as long as the yellows are connected to the yellow?
How do I test the voltage coming off of the stator? Can I run the motor with out the voltage regulator connected?
What should the voltage be while running if its properly charging I am assuming less then 15v but more around 14v? I was told to check this on the water while running at about half throttle.
To wire the voltmeter up there was an open/empty switch that we hooked into (now just to remember to flip that switch) because I was a little uncomfortable cutting the wires near the ignition because well there was a lot more there then expected and they are like epoxied on the ignition. The switch works just fine hooked it up read fine, then hooked a battery charger up and the gauge went up when the charger kicked on.
So final question......anything I missed, any advice, am I on the right track?
Thanks in advance!
Outboard info:
04 Tracker (Merc) 60 hp 2 stroke
S/N : 0T912038
So while we were on the way home I posted in a group on Facebook and they all stated the voltage regulator.
The next day got the cowling off and started looking and noticed somethings, well something.
Anything look a bit off?
Well the regulator itself looked ok, its the wires from the stator that looked bad!
New one is on order, we were able to get them connectors apart pretty easy, we didn't do any testing with the motor running because well we didn't want it to catch fire. We also didn't have a voltmeter on the boat before this.....
Thats changed!
So I was told the following. I need to replace the regulator, new on is on the way, added the voltmeter, and was told to run it and see what the voltage is coming off of the stator. So now I have some questions....
When installing the new regulator I am assuming that yellow to yellow, red to the appropriate red, and all that. But it doesn't matter which yellow goes to which as long as the yellows are connected to the yellow?
How do I test the voltage coming off of the stator? Can I run the motor with out the voltage regulator connected?
What should the voltage be while running if its properly charging I am assuming less then 15v but more around 14v? I was told to check this on the water while running at about half throttle.
To wire the voltmeter up there was an open/empty switch that we hooked into (now just to remember to flip that switch) because I was a little uncomfortable cutting the wires near the ignition because well there was a lot more there then expected and they are like epoxied on the ignition. The switch works just fine hooked it up read fine, then hooked a battery charger up and the gauge went up when the charger kicked on.
So final question......anything I missed, any advice, am I on the right track?
Thanks in advance!
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