how do you tell if they still work , i got one and i think its off Omars boat but i want to make sure it still works before i put it on..

I have power going through it but how do i trip it , ground it out maybe.

just want to test it.




 

how do you tell if they still work

Couple of ways to short it.
1) ground it to something big like the motor or the neg terminal of the batt.
2) hold on to the motor with one hand and lick the terminal of the CB with your tongue. 













No, seriously don't try option #2.

I was going to try it with my batt charger, it wont blow up...... i hope

I did it but i think i need a new breaker now
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Im gonna just order the correct parts... Im starting to get anxiouse and want to hear this bitch run......NOW!!!!!

Thanks ...........

You know what steve, The first time I met brad, we were cruising Lake Elsinore and when I would stomp on it, it would spudder a bit at high RPM's and occassionally stall.
One day it wouldnt start on the trailer and so I called Bumper-jetboat-a-holic, followed a few wires and the terminals were loose at the breaker switch.
I replaced the terminals and never had a problem since.
With that anyways 

-beerjet-

Soooo...... Would you say that breaker is still good ? Has it ever tripped..... Hell has anybodys ever tripped while on the water..

Im doing it again aren't i   ( over thinking shit )

Has anyone ever heard of a fuse block?   

Yeah , but that would be too easy

Just installed a new one today............... Thanks everyone

Ok now that i have the boat all tore up again and am going to redo it....

 

Steve,
Please tell me you are kidding. You were soooo close buddy....what happened?

Steve,
Please tell me you are kidding. You were soooo close buddy....what happened?

No not kidding, But im only changing a couple wires

Im going from this..


To this..........
http://www.jegs.com/i/Mallory/650/8548201RC/10002/-1

At least the floors are still in it. 

Steve, if you're going to run a fuse block, the handiest place is right at your terminal block. Problem is, when one blows, and they will, it's at the back of the engine (Where YOUR dizzy is).  Fuses are much more tempermental and unforgiving than CB's. In other words, they blow much easier than a CB trips. Safer? Well, kinda, yes from an electrical standpoint, but on a boat? I'm not so sure. The best place would be at the helm. But that's a lot of wiring.

I tested both of my breakers, yeah, there's two of them, in series, and they're fine. Same problem tho, when they pop, they're on the back of the boat with the hour meter. I'm rethinking their location only because when it happens, and it will, it will be at speed and the boat will shut down, and consequently, when my wake half floods the back of the boat, (Again), NOW i got a bigger problem. Wet breakers and a boat half full of water with no power. I am even complicating this with an Oil Pressure cutoff. I almost think I'm TRYING to sink this thing!

But the engine is valuable to me

A fuse block is a great idea, as they almost never fail, but they do blow far more often. (Ever notice even NEW cars come with spares inside the fusebox cover? Go figure!)

I would go with what you're comfortable with. Personally, my preference was to run overguage wires (which most manufacturers apparently already did, so that was handled for me) for their respective purposes AND run two breakers in series. If one fails, the other won't. Laws of averages. Nothing wrong with running two in series.

Ray

Nope, mine are in series, kinda like way most a/c units have a breaker in the panel and one at the cutoff box (Least mine does). When I tested mine, the second one tripped but not the first, makes sense. My thinking is if the first one fails, or 'welds' itself closed, the second should trip. I dunno, might be off base on this tho. Makes sense in my whacked mind as long as the breakers are the same size.

Ray

I was thinking of failed as "open" not "closed".

(Light bulb goes off )  Ok, so two pairs of in series wired breakers THEN wired in parallel?, Perfect! safe as can be I would think

See why I posted the "Over-analyzing" bit? 

Getting a headache yet Steve?  How many breakers did you order?

Was Keiths Idea...............

Ray

On the down side of this, the breaker panel would look somewhat like a panel to launch an ICBM.  But Tom could market it as the "Obama Proof" electical panel. I see patent potential.

Well i finally had a chance to do something today. been windy as phuk

I mounted my circuit breaker on the transom, made a bracket and Bam there it is DONE!!!!!!


And cleaned up my wiring for the new HEI dizzy moved the solenoid back over to the factory mount and shortened the wiring..

Now its simple

Thanks for all the info guys and as usual i put too much thought into it and made it harder than it needed to be , but hey........ Thats how i roll