Thanks for the help everyone. Finally got around to checking it all again. Got it fixed. The positive and negative wires that the fan came with we're both white. I'm guessing for cosmetics. Somehow I wired them backwards when connecting it to the fan itself. So I had a negative charge on the multimeter. Switched them around and it turned on. That's the first time I've ever done that. Can't believe it either.
Thanks again, Kevin On Sun, Apr 30, 2017, 2:41 PM Josh Muckley via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > You mentioned that you are not an electrical expert so I apologize if this > line of questions and comments seem condescending. It's not intentional. > Where are you hooking up the ground or black wire? There should be a > ground bus near-ish to the breakers. That's your negative. All of the > other Black (or yellow) wires will be tying into this bus bar and a thick > black wire will be attached which leads to the battery negative terminal. > > Each breaker will probably have one side which is tied to all the other > breakers. Sometimes this is a solid copper bar connecting between them. > At the end of the copper bar you'll have a thick red wire which leads to > the battery positive terminal. In the same way you directly connected the > fan to the battery you should be able to directly connect the fan to the > red bus and the black bus. If that doesn't work then you have bigger > problems and you'll likely find that none of your loads work > > Perminently attach the black wire for your fan to the black bus with the > correct ring terminal - crimped tightly. Now on the breaker, attach the > red wire to the terminal opposite of the red bus with and properly crimped > and insulated ring terminal. Ensure that the breaker is on. The fan > should work. If not then your breaker may be bad. Flip the breaker a > couple of times and ensure that it is fully engaged. One way will spring > open/off the other way will latch closed/on. > > If that doesn't work then it is sounding more and more like your breaker > is bad. Try a different breaker or test for voltage between the output > terminal and the ground/black bus. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > > On Apr 30, 2017 10:56 AM, "Kevin Paxton via CnC-List" < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I'm trying to install some cabin fans. ( > https://www.westmarine.com/buy/caframo--sirocco-cabin-fans--P012_361_002_507 > ). > Amperage High: 0.31 Amps > Medium: 0.24 Amps > Low: 0.14 Amps > > I wired it all up yesterday to my breaker panel and when trying to turn it > on, nothing happened. I then took it off the wall and connected it directly > to the battery, and it worked just fine. I then tried to connect to > directly to the feed line of the breaker panel and it didn't work. > > I'm not an electrical expert but I would think connecting it the way I did > to the breaker panel would not have a large voltage drop. I was using 16awg > from the breaker to the mounting location. I might be a little low on the > gauge of wire for that length I admit. That was my first guess. But > connecting to the panel line feed directly still didn't do anything and > that baffled me. > > Any ideas on what could be going wrong? The batteries are new last year. > My battery meter was saying approx 70% charge capacity when doing all of > this. The cabin lights and other electronics were working while I was > trying to do this too. > > I'm at a complete loss here. > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! >
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