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Sounds like you engine alternator is causing a spike through your system. The Seatalk is just "sensitive" to the spike.
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Your kill button's connection, your voltage regulator, etc. would seem to me to have something afowl. THAT's MY WILDASS GUESS. It could be the kill switch causing some transient, or your voltage regulator, or some oddity on the alternator diodes?
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- Engine kill switch blows Seatalk bus fuse?
- Sounds like you engine alternator is causing a spike through your system. The Seatalk is just "sensitive" to the spike.
- Maybe...
- The bottom line is that current
- I was thinking along those lines, but...
- I understand what you are saying but
- Makes sense to me. Spring launch and electrical corrosion go hand in hand.
- I gotta see a picture of it.. here's a try
- Makes sense to me. Spring launch and electrical corrosion go hand in hand.
- I understand what you are saying but
- It soundlike a transient -- not continuous isse, Steve
- I was thinking along those lines, but...
- How about a fuel shutoff cable? Works without any possible failure.
- the hour-meter rewire did the trick
- Kill switch saga continues. Any electrical wizards reading?