My wife and I ran our Excel Bay Pro 203 with 2016 DF140ATL several hours today. I noticed as we were coming back to the dock, my tach wasn't working. It had been all day. I was afraid to shut the engine off until I docked the boat. Once I docked, the engine was shut off, key turned, and all 4 red system lights on the tach came on as usual. The engine started fine.The hand on the tach never moved. Still not working. I left it running for a few minutes while I backed the truck down the ramp. Once the boat was loaded on the trailer and taken up the ramp, I smelled smoke then noticed the insulation was melting off one of the ground wires attached to the lower unit of the engine. I quickly took the positive battery wires off the post.
I use 5 batteries on this boat, 3 golf carts for the trolling motor, one for electronics and one for engine and accessories.
I contacted my dealer and started looking for obvious issues. I checked under my dash, inside the bilge and found no burned wires or smell. The dealer had me unhook the power and sender wire from the tach then the square plug. I still have smoking wire at the engine ground. I've looked everywhere. I pulled the battery to have it checked in AM. I don't want to risk burning the wiring completely up even though the boat is under warranty.
Any ideas? It's like I have a dead short somewhere I can't find. No accessory switches were left on.
I use 5 batteries on this boat, 3 golf carts for the trolling motor, one for electronics and one for engine and accessories.
I contacted my dealer and started looking for obvious issues. I checked under my dash, inside the bilge and found no burned wires or smell. The dealer had me unhook the power and sender wire from the tach then the square plug. I still have smoking wire at the engine ground. I've looked everywhere. I pulled the battery to have it checked in AM. I don't want to risk burning the wiring completely up even though the boat is under warranty.
Any ideas? It's like I have a dead short somewhere I can't find. No accessory switches were left on.
Comment