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Topic Title: Where are the fuse blocks in the '96 Coastal Commander?
Topic Summary: Need help locating the fuse blocks in the Holiday Mansion Coastal Commander
Created On: 03/10/2009 11:34:59 AM
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 03/10/2009 11:34:59 AM
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KnowReason
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It seems I've blown a fuse, but can't find them.  The schematics say they exist (both for the main console and the overhead console), but there's no information about where the fuse blocks are. I've found the circuit breakers - no problem, but the fuse blocks are being elusive.  I've taken the main instrument console off, but the fuse blocks are not behind/beneath it.  Lots of terminal strips, but no fuse blocks.  Please help.



Edited: 03/13/2009 at 12:39:36 PM by KnowReason


 03/11/2009 01:25:14 PM
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Try the forward compartment, inside and to the port side.

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 03/12/2009 06:14:37 PM
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Thank you, so much.  I’ll assume you mean the port wall of the forward bedroom and not the small storage area where the anchor rope is, in the very front of the boat.  I’ve checked the port wall of the forward bedroom and there’s nothing there, but I haven’t checked behind the drawers.  I did check in the small closet just forward of the head that’s adjacent to that room.  Should it be more obvious than tucked behind drawers or hidden panels?
 03/13/2009 11:05:02 AM
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Prince
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Please advise what year your craft was manufactured. Although these boats have been similar in appearance for years the brand was owned by several different companies and each company introduced their own ideas about the mechanicals and electrical design.
 03/13/2009 12:37:29 PM
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This is a 1996 Holiday Mansion Coastal Commander.  I should have included the  year earlier.

 03/16/2009 08:50:20 AM
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I'm sorry, your craft is a different beast than I am familiar with since the year manufactured is 1996. You may have to trace the wire through the harness as a last resort. As a general rule (but not always) the battery feed wires go to a junction block or splice near the load center where the DC switches and breakers are located. This is the first place I would look for the ignition switch feeds.
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I just re-read your original attachment and I assumed that you lost your ignition switch feed to the side that the instruments are not working. Your boat may be wired different because we are talking two different manufacturers but my instruments feed directly off the ignition switch of the respective side. Do you have ignition and start function?

Edited: 03/16/2009 at 03:37:37 PM by Prince
 03/18/2009 10:50:41 AM
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I had lost ignition function on the same side as well.  I had taken off the console to troubleshoot a different problem (no engine compartment blower function), when a loose ground wire behind the console hooked onto a “hot”, 12V terminal.  It must have been the supply to the Port ignition switch.  The wire started to smoke, which is how I noticed it in the first place, and I moved it off of the ignition switch.  This was what started the starting problem and this investigation.  I figured a fuse or breaker was open somewhere, but I couldn’t find where they were.

 

I found the fuses and blocks.  The bridge fuse block is in the cabinet beneath the controls.  There is NO FUSEBLOCK for the main console.  The fuses, for this ’96 model, are distributed throughout the circuits and controls.  Some are on the console (I knew this, but the ones I needed weren’t there), some are inline in the wiring, and others are in the devices.  What I found for my particular problem, was that there were circuit interrupters/breakers on the engine, mounted near the solenoid.  They’re red buttons with the various amperage shown on them.  I had to reset one of them (had to push on the button pretty darned hard), and voltage finally appeared on the ignition circuit!  Those systems are now “GO”.

 

The fuse block in the bridge control cabinet had four fuses/circuits in it.  Two of them had the clips spread on one end of the fuses, and all of the clips were corroded.  Beware of this.  It affected the horn and other functions.
 03/19/2009 09:36:59 AM
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Glad to hear of your progress. I forgot about the main breakers at the engines. I find that owning and maintaining my boat is a constant learning experience. Many times there are no easy answers to a given problem, I just have to start digging for my own answer.
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