Afternoon everyone!
Just picked up a 2016 24 SPDX a few weeks ago and have been loving life on the tritoon! Recently, I've come across and issue and an additional question (or two) regarding electrical and batteries in this boat that were not able to be answered with some extensive forum searching.
First off, the boat had just over 100 hours on it when purchased and has been babied by the previous owner who bought it new (really does shine!). Running a Yamaha F150 motor that works great, and has a dual battery setup (among many other upgrades) which is where I get to the first part of the question:
In this layout, the two batteries are currently located under the rear chaise seat next to the battery switch.... from what I can tell, I'm curious if this is the stock setup or if the previous owner did a battery relocation, because there looks to be a battery mount and leads under the galley/sink area that are currently unused. Can anyone comment on whether this is normal, or what might be going on here?
The next question, which I don't think is related to battery location (but, perhaps it is in some way related to how they were hooked up) is regarding the Radio ACC switch circuit.... I've found many posts on here from owners having similar issues, but I've yet to find someone with the same issue: The ACC switch light works, and the breaker beneath said switch does not pop out. The radio and GPS will infrequently start and then the radio will die shortly after getting power and, if the Garmin was started before then the Garmin will keep working, HOWEVER, if I turn the Garmin OFF after the radio dies, or if I did not start it while the radio had power, it will not turn back on. All the while, the ACC switch light is still indicating it has power and the breaker is not tripped. No inline fuses seem burned out, but in checking the fuse on the head unit (sony model, not the upgraded version) I switched said fuse and had to remove the wiring harness plug to do so. It worked briefly, then back to the same story. Originally, when test running the boat electrics, radio was fine (in driveway, on trailer) and it worked for the first 2 outings until it stopped, mid day, and the problem then began.
Here is what I am thinking:
It's likely not a breaker or fuse at the battery itself, otherwise I would not be seeing the ACC switch indicating power. Have found no in-line fuses that are burnt out, but if there was one I would not get the short-lived power before it quits. Possibly, it could be a breaker between the switch and the head-unit circuit (maybe the one under the ACC is fried?) OR, more likely, I'm thinking I need to check all the pins on the head unit wiring harness to make sure everything is seated correctly and making contact.
Really weird stuff here, not entirely sure why the problem seems to affect both the head unit and the Garmin, it seems like the Garmin is downstream from the problem in the head unit but that doesn't explain why the Garmin would continue to work after the head unit dies but won't turn back on if I turn it off. Maybe some sort of short somewhere in the line that is permitting minimal power flow to the garmin while not enough for the head unit? I'm a bit stumped here, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Otherwise, great boat! (photos for reference: battery location and enough to see what I mean by the 'galley'. Will take more photos this weekend if problem persists, any requests can be met).
Oh, and P.S.: I haven't been able to find a fuse/breaker box at the battery location, is this common for these boats? I've seen a lot of references in other posts to these fuse boxes and I don't seem to have one (looks like in-line breakers).
Thanks again!
Just picked up a 2016 24 SPDX a few weeks ago and have been loving life on the tritoon! Recently, I've come across and issue and an additional question (or two) regarding electrical and batteries in this boat that were not able to be answered with some extensive forum searching.
First off, the boat had just over 100 hours on it when purchased and has been babied by the previous owner who bought it new (really does shine!). Running a Yamaha F150 motor that works great, and has a dual battery setup (among many other upgrades) which is where I get to the first part of the question:
In this layout, the two batteries are currently located under the rear chaise seat next to the battery switch.... from what I can tell, I'm curious if this is the stock setup or if the previous owner did a battery relocation, because there looks to be a battery mount and leads under the galley/sink area that are currently unused. Can anyone comment on whether this is normal, or what might be going on here?
The next question, which I don't think is related to battery location (but, perhaps it is in some way related to how they were hooked up) is regarding the Radio ACC switch circuit.... I've found many posts on here from owners having similar issues, but I've yet to find someone with the same issue: The ACC switch light works, and the breaker beneath said switch does not pop out. The radio and GPS will infrequently start and then the radio will die shortly after getting power and, if the Garmin was started before then the Garmin will keep working, HOWEVER, if I turn the Garmin OFF after the radio dies, or if I did not start it while the radio had power, it will not turn back on. All the while, the ACC switch light is still indicating it has power and the breaker is not tripped. No inline fuses seem burned out, but in checking the fuse on the head unit (sony model, not the upgraded version) I switched said fuse and had to remove the wiring harness plug to do so. It worked briefly, then back to the same story. Originally, when test running the boat electrics, radio was fine (in driveway, on trailer) and it worked for the first 2 outings until it stopped, mid day, and the problem then began.
Here is what I am thinking:
It's likely not a breaker or fuse at the battery itself, otherwise I would not be seeing the ACC switch indicating power. Have found no in-line fuses that are burnt out, but if there was one I would not get the short-lived power before it quits. Possibly, it could be a breaker between the switch and the head-unit circuit (maybe the one under the ACC is fried?) OR, more likely, I'm thinking I need to check all the pins on the head unit wiring harness to make sure everything is seated correctly and making contact.
Really weird stuff here, not entirely sure why the problem seems to affect both the head unit and the Garmin, it seems like the Garmin is downstream from the problem in the head unit but that doesn't explain why the Garmin would continue to work after the head unit dies but won't turn back on if I turn it off. Maybe some sort of short somewhere in the line that is permitting minimal power flow to the garmin while not enough for the head unit? I'm a bit stumped here, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Otherwise, great boat! (photos for reference: battery location and enough to see what I mean by the 'galley'. Will take more photos this weekend if problem persists, any requests can be met).
Oh, and P.S.: I haven't been able to find a fuse/breaker box at the battery location, is this common for these boats? I've seen a lot of references in other posts to these fuse boxes and I don't seem to have one (looks like in-line breakers).
Thanks again!
