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Mercury Classic 50 - Blowing Fuses
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<blockquote data-quote="Kier" data-source="post: 427536" data-attributes="member: 13279"><p>Rich, you were right. I got the boat of storage to get it ready for the spring, and I was still blowing fuses. I went through 9 fuses isolating the issue to the forward controls. I found out the following. </p><p></p><p>I isolated it to I was blowing fuses when I shifted from neutral to reverse. I took the forward controls off the mounting bracket and had them laying on the seat. I could not recreate the issue with the side panel off. As soon as I went to bolt the unit back to the mounting bracket the fuse blew. It must be shorting to the metal of the boat. I do not see any bare wires in the unit, but I can only see the ones that are not hidden behind the throttle mechanism. I ordered a 12volt 20 amp Asdomo Circuit breaker so I dont keep burning through fuses. Any advice on how to find the short? How hard is it take apart the older (1985) Mercury forward controls?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kier, post: 427536, member: 13279"] Rich, you were right. I got the boat of storage to get it ready for the spring, and I was still blowing fuses. I went through 9 fuses isolating the issue to the forward controls. I found out the following. I isolated it to I was blowing fuses when I shifted from neutral to reverse. I took the forward controls off the mounting bracket and had them laying on the seat. I could not recreate the issue with the side panel off. As soon as I went to bolt the unit back to the mounting bracket the fuse blew. It must be shorting to the metal of the boat. I do not see any bare wires in the unit, but I can only see the ones that are not hidden behind the throttle mechanism. I ordered a 12volt 20 amp Asdomo Circuit breaker so I dont keep burning through fuses. Any advice on how to find the short? How hard is it take apart the older (1985) Mercury forward controls? [/QUOTE]
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