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Ran the 002A for about two hours earlier (haven't put the new oil pressure switch in... was planning that later today) to charge up the batteries a bit. Was holding a 30-50% load the whole time, and I started to turn off the items in the house. It was down to minimal draw when I sat down, put my feet up... and she died.
Went out to a silent machine... DC breaker popped on the panel. Weird... couldn't get it to hold in any run position. I set to OFF and unplugged the primary fuel pump and set it to run on aux+... and I could hear the pump turn on. I went to start and it cranked for a tenth of a second and the whole thing went silent. Shut it all off and flip lights... no lights.
I have some of those plastic terminal covers (cut down) from an 802/803A over each of the batteries. Check all till I get to the rear negative. Sure enough, the green knob safety breakout has snapped in two, but was touching ever so slightly.
I know the last part (no crank) can be attributed to this, but would a cable shorting back to itself cause the breaker to pop for safety? I don't have time today to play on this further with people coming over.
Is there a better design on the market that accomplishes this same breakout (maybe from the marine industry) that I can use on this? Thanks
Went out to a silent machine... DC breaker popped on the panel. Weird... couldn't get it to hold in any run position. I set to OFF and unplugged the primary fuel pump and set it to run on aux+... and I could hear the pump turn on. I went to start and it cranked for a tenth of a second and the whole thing went silent. Shut it all off and flip lights... no lights.
I have some of those plastic terminal covers (cut down) from an 802/803A over each of the batteries. Check all till I get to the rear negative. Sure enough, the green knob safety breakout has snapped in two, but was touching ever so slightly.
I know the last part (no crank) can be attributed to this, but would a cable shorting back to itself cause the breaker to pop for safety? I don't have time today to play on this further with people coming over.
Is there a better design on the market that accomplishes this same breakout (maybe from the marine industry) that I can use on this? Thanks