Urad Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 My battery selector switch fails to have power on position 1 — the starting battery. I am starting only in position 2 with my trolling motor batteries. I swapped out the starting battery with a new one and can’t seem to find a blown fuse/breaker. What am I missing? Guidance please. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craSSh Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Battery switch may be bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyB Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 I am a bit lost as to how you are wired. Unless you have a 12 volt trolling motor how are you getting 12 volts on position 2. I understand you can wire one battery out of a pack for 12 volt. I think usually only done as a emergency back up. All that said yes your switch can be bad I would start at the switch with my handy dandy test light and work forward from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urad Posted August 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 3 trolling motor bateries and one starting battery. All good. Wondered if there was a fuse/breaker I was missing somewhere. Can’t believe this issue is unique to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulligan Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Have you checked the switch itself like stated above? If you can start on battery #2 I would not think it would be a fuse as the cable running to the switch is not normally fused or on my boats it has not been. My pea brain would tell me it could be the cable itself going from battery #1 to the switch or the switch itself since you know everything after the switch is working by being able to run the boat on position #2. If I were to bet I would say a loose or bad terminal or broken post on the switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyB Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 There should only be one wire leaving the switch. If it is hot on 2 and not on 1 the problem has to be with 1. So either the switch or the battery itself . It should be easy to check power on the lugs on the back of the switch as you toggle it around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulligan Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 4 hours ago, HoneyB said: It should be easy to check power on the lugs on the back of the switch as you toggle it around. Keep in mind when you check the power that you might get 12VDC if you have a bad wire, connection, corrosion ect. Just because you have voltage it does not mean you have enough power. You can check voltage but would also have to check it with a load to see if your voltage has a significant drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craSSh Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Use a multimeter to check for continuity at the switch. You can check each side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTribute Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 If it is a Blue Seas m series 6011 with a red plastic back, they are junk. It will crack and fail, mine did. Contact Blue Seas, they will send you a new one for free. The new ones have a black plastic back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urad Posted September 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 Thanks so much for the help. Bad switch. I admit I couldn’t find the screws to get to the back of the panel to test it for some time. It looked like one piece and I didn’t see the screw covers to pry up. Blue Seas’ warranty policy is to replace. I told the part number and they are sending a new one. Slower than Amazon but better price (as long as this one lasts). Thank you all again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmanjj Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 My 2009 Pathfinder has this type in it.... has anyone had problems with this model ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmanjj Posted September 14, 2018 Report Share Posted September 14, 2018 Nobody else has this type ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brune90 Posted May 24, 2019 Report Share Posted May 24, 2019 Fishmanjj. I have that type and the black plastic tabs will break. breakerpanelback.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captpn Posted May 24, 2019 Report Share Posted May 24, 2019 PS - It doesn't matter the trolling motor volts 12/24/36... because you are only leveraging one of those 12v batteries as the #2 house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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