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| Author: | 73Driver [ Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | 2006 Vista electrical lights question |
All, I purchased this Vista in June. I am trying to troubleshoot the lights on the pic below. Inhave a courtesy lights switch that turns on the lights on the arch but the lights pictured below do not. I have a second courtesy light switch on cockpit that turns red when the lights are powered but does nothing to the lights. Any idea where I can look or start looking? Thanks... Carlos   
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| Author: | chris268 [ Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2006 Vista electrical lights question |
In my 2002 268 vista, those lights are what come on when I hit the cockpit light switch. I do not have lights in the arch |
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| Author: | Decision [ Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2006 Vista electrical lights question |
If you are pushing the Cockpit Lights rocker switch and that switch lights up showing power to the switch itself, have you checked the bulbs in the Cockpit Light fixtures just to make sure the bulbs are good and not blown? |
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| Author: | 73Driver [ Thu Oct 27, 2016 12:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2006 Vista electrical lights question |
I've chcked all the light bulbs. I have no power to the fixture. I also have 2 cockpit light switches that both light up when I turn lights on. |
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| Author: | Cap'n Morgan [ Thu Oct 27, 2016 1:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2006 Vista electrical lights question |
73Driver wrote: I've chcked all the light bulbs. I have no power to the fixture. I also have 2 cockpit light switches that both light up when I turn lights on. Since you have power at the switch, and no power at the fixture, you now know what to do. |
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| Author: | Thalasso [ Thu Oct 27, 2016 2:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2006 Vista electrical lights question |
Jump across the switch and see if the lights come on. If so you know you have a bad switch. |
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| Author: | Terrieal [ Thu Oct 27, 2016 3:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2006 Vista electrical lights question |
On my boat there's also a switch in the cabin for the cockpit lights. Unless that's on, the cockpit switch does nothing. |
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| Author: | efollis [ Thu Oct 27, 2016 6:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2006 Vista electrical lights question |
My 2005 model has two switches, both switches control two lights - one light behind the entry door when coming aboard from the swim platform and one at the top of the companionway stairs. Your pictures look very similar. One switch is on the swim platform entryway and the other switch is grouped with 3 other switches beside the companionway down below. Both switches are capable of overriding the other. |
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| Author: | 298VISTA2000 [ Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2006 Vista electrical lights question |
Cap'n Morgan wrote: 73Driver wrote: I've chcked all the light bulbs. I have no power to the fixture. I also have 2 cockpit light switches that both light up when I turn lights on. Since you have power at the switch, and no power at the fixture, you now know what to do. Correct, pull the rocker switch and make sure the fixture wires are hooked up to it because they can easily come loose. |
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| Author: | alex8q4 [ Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2006 Vista electrical lights question |
How did you check the bulbs... multi meter? |
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| Author: | 73Driver [ Sat Nov 05, 2016 10:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2006 Vista electrical lights question |
Hi guys.. update. No power on sockets. Light bulbs good. Circuit breakers are all in. The switches light up and the arch lights courtesy light up but not the ones pictured above. Not sure where disconnect is or if there is another circuit breaker I may have missed.. Carlos |
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| Author: | chris268 [ Sat Nov 12, 2016 6:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 2006 Vista electrical lights question |
73Driver wrote: Hi guys.. update. No power on sockets. Light bulbs good. Circuit breakers are all in. The switches light up and the arch lights courtesy light up but not the ones pictured above. Not sure where disconnect is or if there is another circuit breaker I may have missed.. Carlos Carlos I would pull both switches and create a wiring diagram from where you verify the wires go.... there should be a hot into a switch, something connecting the switches together (in house wiring we call these travelers) then a switchleg out to the light..... has to be a bad wire/connection from the switch to the first lamp (because nothing works) or the ground from the first lamp back to the source.... If you tried to read 12 volts at the lamp by checking the socket, maybe you have 12 volt hot, but not the ground.... read the hot and connect the other lead back to a known ground.... or use a continuity tester to read between the ground on the battery and the black at the socket.... |
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