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First off, I'm so glad I found this forum!
Moonlighter….I read the bellow thread day before yesterday and you really helped me understand how it all works (almost). Especially the Terminating Resistor. Thank you so much!
https://www.suzukioutboardforum.com/...n-with-key-off
This may have been addressed already on another thread if so, please point me in the direction to that thread. I did a quick search but couldn't find anything. Here’s my problem followed by my questions:
I have a 218 Sea Pro 228 with a 175 Suzuki that I purchased new in April of 2019. It has about 160 hours on it
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About mid to late summer last year I started intermittently losing the engine information on my C-10 gauge. It varied, a few times it worked at the beginning of the trip then I’d lose it later in the day. Another time I didn’t have it in the morning, but it started working later in the day. I have a Simrad Go9 as well and I’d lose the engine info on that as well. I would however have the speed on the C10 from the Go9 so I know they we’re talking to each other. I thought it might be some sort of connection issue due to the corrosion under the console because Sea Pro did not seal anything on the console (the C10 did have a gasket), every wash job early on soaked all the wiring under the console. I got sick at the end of 2019 and the boat sat for months. I didn’t realize what was going on until after I recovered. I have it sealed up now, but a lot of damage was done. I’ve removed all the NMEA cables checking for corrosion but there is none. Anyway, on to where I am now…before one of our very last trips last year I bought a T for the NMEA 2000, was thinking one of them maybe bad. I ran out of time prior to the trip to troubleshoot so the plan was to take it with me and replace it once we were on the water. We got on the water no communication of course. Before I replaced the T’s one by one I disconnected two in-feeds one was the interface cable and the other was the fluid level cable…I put the interface cable where fluid level cable was but did not plug the fluid level cable in and I got nothing. I kind of panicked and put the cables back where they originally were…presto everything was working. I’m like, it must have been a bad connection. Ran the boat two days at the end of the second day I lost communication. About two weeks later I’m at a gas station fueling the boat, I turn the key on and it’s communicating. Get to the ramp, put the boat in, no communication. Nothing since. It’s the start of our fishing/boating season for us and I want to get this resolved. After reading the above-mentioned thread. I un-zip tied almost everything under the console night before last just to look at everything to ensure I wasn’t missing anything. I tried the new T in every location, checked any connection I could find even on the motor…nothing stuck out. I reread the thread again yesterday and double checked the interface cable connections under the console as well as checking the connection at the motor. I could not find anything…I’m an electro/mechanical technician by trade, but this has not helped me with this troubleshooting…LOL
My questions:
PS: It was scary not being able to see the temperature of the motor...I was concerned if for whatever reason the motor started to overheat I wouldn't know. Is there any other protection when the communication is lost? Is there an overheat alarm on the motor?
Moonlighter….I read the bellow thread day before yesterday and you really helped me understand how it all works (almost). Especially the Terminating Resistor. Thank you so much!
https://www.suzukioutboardforum.com/...n-with-key-off
This may have been addressed already on another thread if so, please point me in the direction to that thread. I did a quick search but couldn't find anything. Here’s my problem followed by my questions:
I have a 218 Sea Pro 228 with a 175 Suzuki that I purchased new in April of 2019. It has about 160 hours on it
.
About mid to late summer last year I started intermittently losing the engine information on my C-10 gauge. It varied, a few times it worked at the beginning of the trip then I’d lose it later in the day. Another time I didn’t have it in the morning, but it started working later in the day. I have a Simrad Go9 as well and I’d lose the engine info on that as well. I would however have the speed on the C10 from the Go9 so I know they we’re talking to each other. I thought it might be some sort of connection issue due to the corrosion under the console because Sea Pro did not seal anything on the console (the C10 did have a gasket), every wash job early on soaked all the wiring under the console. I got sick at the end of 2019 and the boat sat for months. I didn’t realize what was going on until after I recovered. I have it sealed up now, but a lot of damage was done. I’ve removed all the NMEA cables checking for corrosion but there is none. Anyway, on to where I am now…before one of our very last trips last year I bought a T for the NMEA 2000, was thinking one of them maybe bad. I ran out of time prior to the trip to troubleshoot so the plan was to take it with me and replace it once we were on the water. We got on the water no communication of course. Before I replaced the T’s one by one I disconnected two in-feeds one was the interface cable and the other was the fluid level cable…I put the interface cable where fluid level cable was but did not plug the fluid level cable in and I got nothing. I kind of panicked and put the cables back where they originally were…presto everything was working. I’m like, it must have been a bad connection. Ran the boat two days at the end of the second day I lost communication. About two weeks later I’m at a gas station fueling the boat, I turn the key on and it’s communicating. Get to the ramp, put the boat in, no communication. Nothing since. It’s the start of our fishing/boating season for us and I want to get this resolved. After reading the above-mentioned thread. I un-zip tied almost everything under the console night before last just to look at everything to ensure I wasn’t missing anything. I tried the new T in every location, checked any connection I could find even on the motor…nothing stuck out. I reread the thread again yesterday and double checked the interface cable connections under the console as well as checking the connection at the motor. I could not find anything…I’m an electro/mechanical technician by trade, but this has not helped me with this troubleshooting…LOL
My questions:
- What in the Heck is going on?? LOL
- Does my Simrad get the engine info from the C10 or does it get it from the engine?
- How do I determine if it’s a motor issue or a connection issue? The nearest Sea Pro dealer is 50 miles away, I have a Suzuki tech in my area.
PS: It was scary not being able to see the temperature of the motor...I was concerned if for whatever reason the motor started to overheat I wouldn't know. Is there any other protection when the communication is lost? Is there an overheat alarm on the motor?
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