I had this happen this weekend. Was losing power at the panel. I thought it was the terminal on the starter at first but ended up being a lose terminal for the control panel. Luckily, I was rafted next to a master marine electrician. He figured it out in about two minutes.
From: Jeff Nelson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Thursday, July 7, 2022 9:49 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Jeff Nelson <jhnelso...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: Engine not turning over It's not for the starter...It is for power to the control panel. It just happens to be behind the starter on top of the engine... Which in my opinion is a really stupid place to hide it, and took me forever to find. -- Cheers, Jeff Nelson Muir Caileag C&C 30 - 549 Armdale Y.C On 2022-07-07 10:42, Chris Riedinger via CnC-List wrote: That fuse holder is especially syrange- starters are the exception to the rule that all loads should have appropriate rated fuses or breakers On Thu, Jul 7, 2022, 6:36 AM Jeff Nelson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: Had this happen to me. Mine has an obscure fuse right side facing aft, near the starter. My fuse holder had cracked and was intermittently permitting things to work perfectly or not at all. Check that, and the ground as others have mentioned. -- Cheers, Jeff Nelson Muir Caileag C&C 30 - 549 Armdale Y.C. On 2022-07-07 10:07, David Knecht via CnC-List wrote: Last night, out of the blue, my engine would not turn over after a race. Nothing at all when I push the start button. I ran the engine before the race and all was fine and have had no issues at all this year. Fortunately, I was able to sail the short distance to the mooring without a problem. I will be going out to the boat later to try to fix the problem and wanted to see if anyone had thoughts on the problem from personal experience. Plenty of power- batteries fully charged. I tried bridging the two batteries just to be sure and still nothing happens. Key switch on I can hear the fuel pump ticking over. I measured 12V across the start button poles, which goes to zero when pressed and my recollection is that is normal the way it is wired with the glow plug button. I have not yet measured at the starter, as that is a real PITA to get to. Everything had been working fine up until that incident. The only thing that happened during the race, (and I don’t think relevant) is that the genoa sheet got wrapped around the engine stop pull knob at one point. I checked and the cable and stop look fine, and the engine should still turn over even if it were pulled, is my understanding. It just should not start. So I am thinking either engine ground wire or starter and plan to clean both and try again. Any thoughts welcome. Thanks- Dave S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT -- Cheers, Jeff Nelson Muir Caileag C&C 30 - 549 Armdale Y.C.
