Edd,
Until last weekend I would have said no. Then.... Spent about an hour checking everything because selector switches "never go bad" By process of elimination confirmed that it was the switch. I could initially get power on 2 or all, then only on 2. When I went to remove the leads from the back of the old switch the plastic just crumbled. Likely the casing had cracked from age and this didn't hold things in intimate contact. Never heard of one going bad, thought they were infinite life but apparently not. Defender doesn't carry the Perko switches. They carry Blue Seas. The mount holes on the Blue Seas line up to the Perko that likely came on your boat. There are some gaps in the surround casing on the switch I purchased that will transmit noise into the cabin from the engine compartment. Look carefully at the options, so you don't repeat my error on that front. Installed the new switch and everything is ducky regarding electrical function. Kirk Sneddon C&C 29 Mk II Flying Cloud From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Edd Schillay via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 2:57 PM To: C&C List Subject: Stus-List Ever Have a Battery-Selector Switch Go Bad? Listers, Has anyone ever had a Battery-Selector Switch go bad on them? Strange thing happened on the Enterprise last night after racing and preparing to go home. As I moved the selector from ALL to Battery 1, everything shut down. Going back to ALL or Battery 2, everything came back on again. I checked the voltage on 1 before I left and saw 12.35 volts (we were running lights and all for a while post-racing.) Certainly enough to power the lights that I had switched on. My first guess is that it's the switch, but I'd welcome any suggestions or other things to investigate from the wisdom of the group. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/>
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