So, I have a very sporadic issue with my 23 Pro XS 250. When I'm on plane running at various speeds, when I trim up or down the motor chokes down (but will not die and goes back to normal after I left off the trim). As far as when this happens, I never know. I was thinking it was a battery issue, but it did it yesterday with a full charge. Any thoughts before I take it in for troubleshooting.
If you mean it feels like the motor lost perhaps 1 mph momentarily while you had the trim button engaged, my 300R has done that since day 1. It does not do it every time I use the trim button, but sometimes. I have had several batteries in it, and it has done it with smaller 800 CCA batteries as well as the current XS 1150 CCA battery. I did mention it to Don once and I had the impression he did not think it was a matter of concern it I recall correctly.Originally Posted by juliodux
2020 Checkmate 2400 Pulsare
2019 Mercury 300R Serial# 1E080852
1.75 TorqueMaster
25 Bravo FS / 24 ProMax
Its maybe 5-10 mph. I'm running 1500 CCA 170AH Dual Purpose Cranking Lithium Beast as my cranking battery.
Hopefully Don will chime in. 5 - 10 mph loss while trimming would have me concerned!
2020 Checkmate 2400 Pulsare
2019 Mercury 300R Serial# 1E080852
1.75 TorqueMaster
25 Bravo FS / 24 ProMax
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Check your battery terminal STACKING order. Engine cable must be the FIRST/CLOSEST cable to the battery... then remaining ones largest to smallest.
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