Taps not working

[danwilkins]

My Taps stopped working while driving in rough water this weekend on my 2004 22V. I also noticed that the switches that control the blower, nav lights and courtesy lights also stopped working (and don't illuminate when switched). Any ideas?

[da.bell]

check to see if all the battery cables are connected. I have three that are attached to my main battery for the boat.

[spharis]

Has to be something with the power source. Check wiring from the distribution if you have one, and check the wire did not come off the switch.

[laserfish]

Check the wire to the switch. Wiring, as all other things can take a beating in rough water.

[dogbert]

Yeah, there's also some fuses underneath the dash that could have blown as well.

[danwilkins]

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

[laserfish]

Let us know what was wrong. We feed off of others experiences and solutions to problems.

[danwilkins]

I'll be working on it tomorrow, so I'll let you all know.

[lee]

Sound like maybe a ground on the back of the switches came off. Most of them are daisy chained together.

[laserfish]

Someone on this board also had the wires that come out of the throttle handle wear thru. Might check that if the other wiring checks out.

[Jason B]

Nope! It's definitely the fuse!! I just did the exact same thing last week. There is one hot lead (red wire) going from the battery (perko) switch that is a smaller gauge than the starter 0 gauge cable (you may have an additional for the stereo, but at least one will be for the blower, bilge, lights, etc...)
Mine had a "short stop" fuse that looked like a little small box that was actually just a fuse.

If you have one of those (looks like pic) or a fuse near the perko switch, turn the blower on and then try attaching the red power lead straight to the battery post real quick and see if the blower works. If it does your shortstop/fuse is bad- replace it.

I will bet you a 6 pack this is exactly the problem because your symptoms are identical to mine.

[Jason B]

So?? Did you fix it??

[danwilkins]

I'm going to go check it right now.....then hopefully to the store for your sixer! How far is it from the battery switch? Just off the switch?

[Guest]

The device may be flat and black with the words thermal link on it.

[R&T Babich]

Mine had a "short stop" fuse that looked like a little small box that was actually just a fuse.

If you have one of those (looks like pic) or a fuse near the perko switch, turn the blower on and then try attaching the red power lead straight to the battery post real quick and see if the blower works. If it does your shortstop/fuse is bad- replace it.

The device in the pic is a circuit breaker that opens when the current going thru it exceeds its' rating. It should reset automatically when it cools down. There are types that have a little reset button on one end that must be pushed to reactivate the circuit. When replacing it be sure to get the same current rating. It is probably a 15A or 20A breaker. The rating should be stamped on the casing.