Dash Switches - 1996 Nautique

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But I like ya Larry 

If I leave the ignition breaker in the on position the battery will drain in a couple of days too. Mike at N3 told me not to leave it on when I bought it but sometimes I forget. 

Don't know and didn't bother to look since if I shut off the breaker it's fine   Never could find a complete wiring diagram either

Agree with ken, I never shut that ign breaker off. Assuming the later 90’s boats are wired the same as the late 80’s and early 90’s, it’s technically not an ignition breaker btw- it cuts all (batt) power to the dash as well as the downstream ignition circuits. Which includes everything that’s switched- most notably the bilge pump. Considering people moor their boats, I’m fairly certain the intent is not to turn that ign breaker off very often…

Lift kept here also. Would bump that problem up on the priority list IMO.

Jonny Quest wrote: I installed a battery isolator switch on my 1994 Ski Nautique.  I kept the dashboard ignition switch / breaker in the "ON" position.  When I put the boat away for any time longer than a day or so, I would switch the isolator to "OFF".  Worked well.  Never ran the battery out of juice with that set-up.  I like the option of having the battery completely disconnected from everything. JQ

I have a '89 Ski Nautique. Barn find from one owner (my father). During the efforts of revitalizing this boat, I have found in his notes that there were questions of electrical issues killing the battery when it was new. I have just replaced all of the breakers/switches with new (they are available) and discovered a drain with the ignition breaker on. What I discovered, as I heard it, barely, is a second blower located in the bow behind the foot well. This is in addition to the blower in the engine compartment. The blower in the bow runs as long as the ignition breaker is closed. It does not have it's own breaker/switch as the engine compartment blower does. This bow mounted blower is not identified on the '89 wiring diagram that was supplied with the boat documents. I believe this was the source of the mentioned electrical problems 35 years ago.

It came that way. My father was  the original owner and he picked the boat up at Midwest Correct Craft in January 1989. I was the original owner of a 1983 Ski Nautique and the blower (single) was located below the deck in the bow and ducted through the hull. it wasn't really very effective, especially if the engine cover was up. When I saw the '89 had it adjacent to the engine I figured they moved it for better efficiency, not realizing immediately that there was a second blower that runs continuously.

My '83 was an early build 2nd or 3rd one. Originally built for Mercruiser with a Mercruiser 350 in it. That may account for the different blower location. I work an photos.

Let's see some pics.  I would think you could repair with Epoxy, especially if the tabs are hidden.

Don't know about anybody else, but I'm still waiting on some pictures of the hard wired, always runs, mystery blower from mrhemi  

My 95 will drain the battery when parked if the ignition switch is left on.    I do not yet have a batter disconnect in this boat.   The drain is my stereo.  I switch off the main ignition switch almost every time I shut off the engine when it is going to be parked a while.   When we go camping people walking past the boat on the water will always tell me I left something on in the boat if I do not shut off the ignition due to the red light.   Had not thought about the automatic bilge being shut off also.  That would be pretty easy to rewire on a separate fused line.  A future project I guess.   At summers end I always unbolt the battery cable and remove it from the battery and when summer comes around the battery is still holding around 12.5 volts so it loses very little.