Kirk,
Thanks. It was the weirdest thing and I thought it had to be the switch
too. I have another Perko switch on board and can swap it (at least I hope so.)
I’ll be out there tomorrow morning to investigate and repair.
I was planning to do an overhaul of the main electrical over the winter
— worst case scenario is I’ll just move up that schedule.
Imagine that — a captain named Kirk helping out the Enterprise.
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
On Aug 22, 2014, at 4:51 PM, kirk sneddon <kirksned...@optonline.net> wrote:
> 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
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