rsinger
08-03-2012, 06:04 PM
I thought some might get a kick out of this one.
My tower "all around" light wasn't working. It was in rough shape to start with. All electrical tape, taped up. Turns out the shaft broke and that's how the previous owner repaired it. As it turns out a splice in the shaft broke. No big deal. I re spliced it and reassembled using a fresh roll of electrical tape (I'm already looking online for a replacement).
So yesterday I take my wife out on the lake to teach her to drive the boat. We're going through all the gauges and switches. When we get to the nav lights I turn them on and, again the tower light doesn't work. To add to the frustration I try to plug in my stern light and that housing breaks as well. On further inspection, that housing was previously broken as well.
Now I'm back in the camp site trying to figure out wtf the tower light doesn't work again. It turns out that there is ALSO a splice inside the base of the tower, which just broke. I guess bouncing around the lake yesterday broke it.
I guess on top of ordering a new tower light and stern light mount, I'll also be getting some wire. On the up side I've already got a pull string in the tower (only one of the 2 wires is broken, but the other one might not be far behind), and my newly installed perfect pass worked from the word go. I wonder how many more splices I'll find once I pull out the old wire.
Luckily I've been able to troubleshoot and repair every thing that's broken so far. I had a no start problem last year which ended up being a shorted fuel pump. I guess there's something to be said for buying brand new. Boy I wish I could afford it.
p.s. B.O.A.T. Didn't cost me that much so far, unless you take into account buying new stuff, vinyl, different speakers, perfect pass etc. But hearing all this talk about boats being money pits is starting to hold true for me.
My tower "all around" light wasn't working. It was in rough shape to start with. All electrical tape, taped up. Turns out the shaft broke and that's how the previous owner repaired it. As it turns out a splice in the shaft broke. No big deal. I re spliced it and reassembled using a fresh roll of electrical tape (I'm already looking online for a replacement).
So yesterday I take my wife out on the lake to teach her to drive the boat. We're going through all the gauges and switches. When we get to the nav lights I turn them on and, again the tower light doesn't work. To add to the frustration I try to plug in my stern light and that housing breaks as well. On further inspection, that housing was previously broken as well.
Now I'm back in the camp site trying to figure out wtf the tower light doesn't work again. It turns out that there is ALSO a splice inside the base of the tower, which just broke. I guess bouncing around the lake yesterday broke it.
I guess on top of ordering a new tower light and stern light mount, I'll also be getting some wire. On the up side I've already got a pull string in the tower (only one of the 2 wires is broken, but the other one might not be far behind), and my newly installed perfect pass worked from the word go. I wonder how many more splices I'll find once I pull out the old wire.
Luckily I've been able to troubleshoot and repair every thing that's broken so far. I had a no start problem last year which ended up being a shorted fuel pump. I guess there's something to be said for buying brand new. Boy I wish I could afford it.
p.s. B.O.A.T. Didn't cost me that much so far, unless you take into account buying new stuff, vinyl, different speakers, perfect pass etc. But hearing all this talk about boats being money pits is starting to hold true for me.