Hello,
Wife and I recently bought a 1991 Avanti 3055. It came with a Raymarine A65. The previous owner said he had hooked it up only once, but that it did power on. I tried and no power. I began trying to trace wires by myself and di not have much luck. I did find a couple of wires going to the positive post on the battery. One I assume for the VHF radio and 1 for the Raymarine. The 1 I suspect for the VHF had a 20 amp fuse that was good (but I assume this is way too much for just the radio) and the fuse holder was slightly melted on one end. The other that I think is for the Raymarine had a 10 amp fuse that was blown. I had brought with me a pocket full of old fuses and the closest I had was a 6 amp. It immediately flashed and blew (without the GPS connected). Reading through the Raymarine manual, it appears it should only require a 4 amp fuse. So, I assume I have a short somewhere. My idea was to just get a new power cable and run it myself and just tape off the end of the old one and tie it off. Also, reading in the manual I understand the negative and positive got to the battery, but where would I hook the RF ground to? I tried searching, but got overwhelmed with information that didn't really apply to my situation.
Thanks,
T.J.
Wife and I recently bought a 1991 Avanti 3055. It came with a Raymarine A65. The previous owner said he had hooked it up only once, but that it did power on. I tried and no power. I began trying to trace wires by myself and di not have much luck. I did find a couple of wires going to the positive post on the battery. One I assume for the VHF radio and 1 for the Raymarine. The 1 I suspect for the VHF had a 20 amp fuse that was good (but I assume this is way too much for just the radio) and the fuse holder was slightly melted on one end. The other that I think is for the Raymarine had a 10 amp fuse that was blown. I had brought with me a pocket full of old fuses and the closest I had was a 6 amp. It immediately flashed and blew (without the GPS connected). Reading through the Raymarine manual, it appears it should only require a 4 amp fuse. So, I assume I have a short somewhere. My idea was to just get a new power cable and run it myself and just tape off the end of the old one and tie it off. Also, reading in the manual I understand the negative and positive got to the battery, but where would I hook the RF ground to? I tried searching, but got overwhelmed with information that didn't really apply to my situation.
Thanks,
T.J.
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