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New member to forum. Just bought new to me 2004 Vista 268 in July. Having a great summer using the boat. Last night we were going out for a night cruise to watch fireworks with the family and the nav lights nor the spotlight worked. Previous drives at night both lights worked fine. When I turned on the nav lights the cockpit lights came on dim, then when I turned the cockpit lights switch on, the cockpit lights came on bright as normal. The spotlight remote panel ON switch light turned on, green, when I flipped it on but the spotlight never came on.

Probably just a short in the wiring somewhere but just curious to see if anyone else had same/similar issue?

Author:	kvelde [ Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:32 am ]
Post subject:	Nav light electrical problem
New member to forum. Just bought new to me 2004 Vista 268 in July. Having a great summer using the boat. Last night we were going out for a night cruise to watch fireworks with the family and the nav lights nor the spotlight worked. Previous drives at night both lights worked fine. When I turned on the nav lights the cockpit lights came on dim, then when I turned the cockpit lights switch on, the cockpit lights came on bright as normal. The spotlight remote panel ON switch light turned on, green, when I flipped it on but the spotlight never came on. Probably just a short in the wiring somewhere but just curious to see if anyone else had same/similar issue?

Author:	298VISTA2000 [ Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:45 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Nav light electrical problem
kvelde wrote: New member to forum. Just bought new to me 2004 Vista 268 in July. Having a great summer using the boat. Last night we were going out for a night cruise to watch fireworks with the family and the nav lights nor the spotlight worked. Previous drives at night both lights worked fine. When I turned on the nav lights the cockpit lights came on dim, then when I turned the cockpit lights switch on, the cockpit lights came on bright as normal. The spotlight remote panel ON switch light turned on, green, when I flipped it on but the spotlight never came on. Probably just a short in the wiring somewhere but just curious to see if anyone else had same/similar issue? I had a similar problem and I too started a thread on this issue. Here is the thread and what I was told. I haven't been able to get to my boat at all in September to check it out due to sick kids, a funeral and flooding in our area. viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4441

Author:	kvelde [ Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:11 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Nav light electrical problem
So after a couple of days sitting until I could get to the boat, when I got to it the lights were working. Everything was normal. All that I can think happened is that we had a rain come through and the ledge by the helm was full of water. There must have been some that ran down and leaked through the spotlight console causing a short between the nav lights and cockpit lights.

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