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  1. 07-10-2019, 06:58 AM #1
    agg5910
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    Voltage Question...

    I am restoring a 1989 Ranger 361V that sat for the past 20 years. It amazes me at the items that still work on this boat. However, I am working on the running lights and I am probably going to replace the bases due to post corrosion. Yesterday, I pulled stern base out and the wires have a plug about 6" below the base. I unplugged it and put my multimeter leads on the black and white wires, the voltage fluctuates from 2, 3, 4, 5, then starts back over at 2 again and keeps fluctuating back to 5, over and over again. Any suggestions? Possible ground issue? Switch?
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    #2 07-10-2019, 01:47 PM
    That's Morris code. Try it with a light for a load, see if the voltage stays there. Sounds like a poor connection which the meter dissipates might not really have any volts there just feed through of a bad switch.
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    #3 07-10-2019, 02:47 PM
    Thank you, I am going home today and try to chase all the wires down to the switch and see what I have at the switch....
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    #4 07-10-2019, 04:13 PM
    Probably oxidation on all the connections. You can try some Caig Deoxit spray and scrub them shiny. Squirt some inside the switches and work them a bunch. You might get lucky and not have to re-do the HW and/or wire.
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    #5 07-10-2019, 04:13 PM
    "Morris" code, LOL. It is called Morse.
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    #6 07-10-2019, 06:46 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by jawjatek View Post
    "Morris" code, LOL. It is called Morse.
    You're kidding...
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    #7 07-14-2019, 07:54 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by billnorman1 View Post
    You're kidding...
    NOPE !!!! ... _ _ _ ... ... _ _ _ ...
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    #8 07-15-2019, 07:55 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by agg5910 View Post
    I am restoring a 1989 Ranger 361V that sat for the past 20 years. It amazes me at the items that still work on this boat. However, I am working on the running lights and I am probably going to replace the bases due to post corrosion. Yesterday, I pulled stern base out and the wires have a plug about 6" below the base. I unplugged it and put my multimeter leads on the black and white wires, the voltage fluctuates from 2, 3, 4, 5, then starts back over at 2 again and keeps fluctuating back to 5, over and over again. Any suggestions? Possible ground issue? Switch?
    You have a bad connection in the light wiring, possibly the switch.
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    #9 07-15-2019, 09:45 AM
    Mr. Jones, you were correct. I replaced the switch and got 12v at the plug...Stern light is working great...thank you for the input
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    #10 07-16-2019, 06:07 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by wmitch2 View Post
    NOPE !!!! ... _ _ _ ... ... _ _ _ ...
    Darn!! all those years using Maurice code, what would I do in an emergency?
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    #11 07-17-2019, 05:21 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by billnorman1 View Post
    Darn!! all those years using Maurice code, what would I do in an emergency?
    It was invented by Phillip Morris, right after he invented the Cigarette !!
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