Dkk3000

it’s obvious to me that the old solenoid had a ground at a hot on the two terminals. I just don’t know what to look for as far as trying...

Everything works the way it did before however, the solenoid seems to be getting hot. That’s my only concern.

i’m using the same ground wire that was originally on the old solenoid. I just put a ring terminal on it and grounded it to the chassis...

Well, I’m back on the boat, as far as the solenoid goes. It looks like it’s an automotive starter solenoid. If I ground the chassis of...

Thanks everybody for all your help. I’m going out to the boat tomorrow. I will keep you updated on what I found out. Again thank you...

OK, I understand what you’re talking about. I will check voltage from the panel breaker and make sure I’ve got voltage going to the...

I mean coil

Just so I understand what you’re saying. On the new solenoid, I can apply 12 V and a negative and it should energize the coral and I...

Just for your reference, the solenoid on the right is the one that I believe went bad, and the one on the left is the one that I bought...

OK I will do that today, the other question is, what kind of solenoid should I get. I believe what they sold me, was a solenoid for an...

The solenoid that was on the boat, or the bow thruster, is a four pole solenoid. It is not grounded to the chassis, so I’m assuming that...

Correction, that was supposed to be voltmeter not amateur.

Thanks for the quick reply, I’ve got a breaker on the panel that turns it on or off. I’m thinking that that’s probably the remote cut...

You could be right on that, the original solenoid, where the main power lead from the bow, thruster hooks onto it, it was totally fried...

Should I have 12 V at both of the small post. The other thing I was thinking, it might be a bad control module at the helm. Does that...