A laugh on 2jigs!

[2jigs]

For the past 6-8 weeks I have been dealing with a short in my running lights. I have been disconnecting them at the battery every time. My depthfinder works on the same circiut. So to have a depthfinder while I was running I have had to leave my running lights on all day. Well tonight I said I've had enough. Took the front panel loose & all those wires! Traced the wires back from the front running light & the two were headed back to the switch on the console like they should & there was a third wire branching off

. Well I traced it to the panel & it was hooked to a switch. I flicked the switch & my lights went off! All this time all I had to do was turn the lights off at the front switch. I had apparently hit it with my foot. 

 Heck I didn't even know that stuff worked. Oh well I've got everything on my boat working again for now.

 

[EricM]

Jiggy, you are too funny!emoUpsmile emoUpsmile emoUpsmile Looks like the only short in your boat sits up front!

 

[Guest]

<font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Been there done that. Once I bought a motor and hung it myself, it was a 225 merc and ran like a top before I bought it. Well I got it bolted on and everything hooked up and nothing happend when I turn the key

. This went on for about a week when one day I was walking throught the garage and it hit me, CHECK THE KILL SWITCH STUPID

. I pushed it in and it fired on the first turn LOL</font>

 

[SpurHunter]

Yup, been there done ALL that before..

 

[oneshot]

Dont feel bad when I first bought my stratos it took me 3 days to figure out the live wells they were the same way I had to flip a switch up front then turn one on at the counsal

 

[Fat Albert]

<font color="#ff0033">I hate to say this but......at Books A Million they have a book called "How to Handle a Boat for Dummies".....I bet there is a chapter in there just for you....hahahaha ....you know I love ya man....FA</font>

 

[Jmax]

emoLaugh It is good to laugh at yourself and not take yourself too seriously. I have to say as others have already,"Been there done that." When I first got my green machine no one told me that a breaker switch was in the box behind the passenger seat for the trolling motor.emoRolleyes When it went out the first time I drove about 45 minutes one way to the dealer to just have him open the box and hit the switch. emoDoh Then had to drive 45 minutes back home. I just kept telling myself that it was at least not something bad.emoGoofy Jmax

 

[SpurHunter]

This thread really does make me feel better.....I though me and EricM were the only ones goofy enough to tell this kind of stuff on ourselves!

 

[drumking]

I'm not telling suff like this on me, although there is a library of info on it. emoBigsmile emoGeezer

 

[SpurHunter]

Who has the librbrary DK? If Fat Albert has it, we can bribe him with cookies and your secrets will be out!

 

[ditchdoc666]

we all could write a novel on the goofy stuff we all have done good thread

 

[BackOnTheWater]

That's just funny there...now if you're so smart, GET THOSE TRAILER LIGHTS FIXED!

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[2jigs]

I already have 2 times.