I think have a short somewhere on my house circuit, specifically my dash panel wiper and nav light circuits. Anyone have any insight to resolving this. How should I use an ohm meter to find what I presume is a cross connection of two frayed wires? I have access to the rear of the dash panel. There are no obvious live wires dangling from the back of the dash panel.
| turn on most dash switches | normal results, switches supply power as usual
no gremlin |
| turn on navigation lights | nav lights come on
all gauges (i.e. Mercruiser temp, oil, fuel, rpm, battery, temp) all go to 110%
all other circuits on on the panel go dead
cannot shut off the main engine |
| turn on wipers | nav lights come on (yes, nav lights come on, not wipers!)
all gauges (i.e. Mercruiser temp, oil, fuel, rpm, battery, temp etc.) all go to 110%
all other circuits on on the panel go dead
cannot shut off the main engine |
Thoughts/questions:
-Most(?) gauges read 100% when the encounter no resistance, right? So if all gauges are all pegged at 110%
-the issue was intermittent initially, but became more frequent, often happens in rough water (jarring)
-my main engine always starts and runs fine during the dash malfunction
