Electric Choke wiring

[strombolichef]

So I couldnt rebuild my Qjet because it was missing parts, but I am getting a rebuilt one with electric choke.

Q.. How do I wire the electric choke since there is no existing wire in the harness for it?

Thank you as usual.

 

[Bondo]

Re: Electric Choke wiring

Ayuh,... What are We workin' on,..??

 

[JustJason]

Re: Electric Choke wiring

The choke coil needs to see key on 12V constant.
I don't know where you would pick up power for it if its not in the harnes. You could always run a line to the battery + (fused of course) and through a relay to the choke coil. From there you can grab the ignition coils + to trip the relay to give you 12V when the key is in the run position, and turn off the juice when the key is off.

 

[Don S]

Re: Electric Choke wiring

Some come off the purple wire that goes to the coil + terminal.
Some use the AC tap off the alternator.

Either method will work.

 

[tfret]

Re: Electric Choke wiring

So I couldnt rebuild my Qjet because it was missing parts, but I am getting a rebuilt one with electric choke.

Q.. How do I wire the electric choke since there is no existing wire in the harness for it?

Thank you as usual.

I just did the same thing last summer. It's the purple wire on a Mercruiser. Use a volt meter to confirm it on yours.

 

[longstand]

Re: Electric Choke wiring

Yup. its the Purple Wire. i guest in most boats. its usually the purple wire provide power when the key is on.

Go to Autozone and buy a Clap which will go around the purple wire and clap and puncture into the purple wire. which you could connect a male into it.

its great...

 

[Fishermark]

Re: Electric Choke wiring

Go to Autozone and buy a Clap which will go around the purple wire and clap and puncture into the purple wire. which you could connect a male into it.

its great...

Actually.... not so great. Not for salt water at least. Those type of connections are guaranteed to fail in short order. Better to cut and splice into the wire with the appropriate marine grade electrical connector and heat shrink.

(This is not an auto-vs-marine safety issue, but rather a salt laden marine environment issue that corrodes normal automotive electrical connectors.)

 

[Don S]

Re: Electric Choke wiring

Go to Autozone and buy a Clap which will go around the purple wire and clap and puncture into the purple wire. which you could connect a male into it.

NEVER, NEVER, EVER use those %#@&^$% things on a boat, anywhere, anytime.

It cuts the insulation on the wire and from there corrosion starts and the wire breaks.

Worst invention ever. They should be outlawed on boats or anything else for that matter.

 

[Bondo]

Re: Electric Choke wiring

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Go to Autozone and buy a Clap which will go around the purple wire and clap and puncture into the purple wire. which you could connect a male into it.
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NEVER, NEVER, EVER use those %#@&^$% things on a boat, anywhere, anytime.

It cuts the insulation on the wire and from there corrosion starts and the wire breaks.

Worst invention ever. They should be outlawed on boats or anything else for that matter.

Ayuh,.... I've chased Problems caused by those things on everything from lawnmowers, to tractor-trailers, to the largest heavy equipment around, for Years....

Scotch-locks are a Great Idea, that just Don't work in the Real World....

 

[longstand]

Re: Electric Choke wiring

Ayuh,.... I've chased Problems caused by those things on everything from lawnmowers, to tractor-trailers, to the largest heavy equipment around, for Years....

Scotch-locks are a Great Idea, that just Don't work in the Real World....

Damm it.. Now i have to remove it. arggggg..

 

[Fishermark]

Re: Electric Choke wiring

Now i have to remove it. ...

Better now than later when it causes the problems that it WILL cause. (Not "might").