Took advantage of some crazy warm weather this past weekend and hit Cumberland for some smallie fishing. We knew Sat was gonna be a hit or miss as some heavy rain and wind was in the works, so as foretasted, it got pretty hairy and rained so hard it was like a bucket of never ending water which took us off the lake around 2pm. We got back to the cabin, dried off and watched some college BB, and went and ate, when we got back I noticed my motor trimmed all the way up, and I first thought was someone had messed with the boat, but checking everything finding all ok, I trimmed the motor back down and it came right back up, and the only trim switch that worked was on the bow. I also noticed the switches were lit, it was dark and started to rain so I cut the power once the motor was down and left it for the morning , hoping it was maybe water in the switch.
Sun morn we get up and find the problem still exist, at this point I was getting into max frustration mode as I knew the fishing was gonna be crazy good. We hook up , got eat breakfast and look for a small star-head that will fit the switch cover. we got lucky, take the cover off and saw that there was no gasket and nothing in the wire connectors that would prevent water from getting to any part of the wiring, we disconnected the connectors and the motor trimmed up and down as it should and stayed that way. I was relieved that we would fish the day, and caught a bunch of big small's, on what has been our best day on Cumberland.
I think I should call Vexus and ask why there is no water-proofing around that cover of any around the connectors. I have not plugged the connectors back together yet, I wanted them to dry out after I put it back in the garage. Anyone else seen this on their Vexus or any other brand?