New batteries and still no power???

[Brewski]

HELP! I took the shrink wrap off my 2016 Bennington 2350 RSF yesterday, hooked up the batteries and it started right up and then I shut it off after 2 seconds. When I went to trailer it to the boat launch today there was no power to any of the gauges and it would not turn over. I checked the lanyard and neutral settings and all was good. I even replaced both batteries and still no power. Attached is a pic of my battery switch that I keep on "1+2". Did I trip a circuit breaker? Is there a RESET SWITCH that I don't know about? Any help would be appreciated since the grandkids arrive tomorrow and want to go for a boat ride! Thanks, John

 

[DVW]

If the little red and black wires (often connected to to the battery) are not reconnected the gages will not work. Even so the motor should start if the heavy red and black wires are connected to the battery. No resettable circuit breakers associated with your symptom. Recheck wires big and small.

 

[LaurencetheAdventurer]

Check battery voltage - multimeter is your best friend.

 

[LD50]

These are generally wired with one battery running all accessories and another used only for starting the motor. For you to have lost both at once, on two different sets of batteries, leads me to believe that you have single common denominator that effects both batteries. The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is the switch itself. I'm guessing that you moved the switch to off before taking the photo, but just to cover all bases, as it is pictured, you would have no power to anything.

Those switches are generally pretty robust, but I have heard of them having failures to the contact points. You could try to use the 1 or 2 setting. Dependent upon how your batteries are connected, one should give you power to the helm and accessories, while the other would only allow the motor to start. If those both work, it would indicate a failure of the 1+2 setting on the switch. If none of them work, it may or may not mean the switch is bad. At that point, you'd probably need to pull the switch out and bypass it by wiring directly to the battery to see if there is a change. Alternately, you could use a multimeter to test for voltage off of the lugs on the back in various switch settings.