First off, I'm new here, and this is my first boat, so treat me like the grasshopper I am.
2005 24V - Third owner. The fuel gauge wasn't working and I spent a good 3 hours ripping apart the boat tracing wires and making my wife hold multi-meter leads to random spots.
Finally, I found the one little issue that was throwing off the voltage to the meter. I have a 22,000uF 35WV capacitor jumping my hot and ground pins on the gauge. Do I need that? Is my busted? I just removed it and tested the gauge without starting the engine and it worked perfect, but now I'm nervous that I need something there. Do I need a capacitor to even out the voltage? No other gauge has one, and they all seem to work fine. Was this just a screwed up attempt by a previous owner to jimmy rig something, or am I just oblivious to the danger I'm in now that I don't have that connected?
Thanks in advance!IMG_20200526_200930.jpg
2005 24V - Third owner. The fuel gauge wasn't working and I spent a good 3 hours ripping apart the boat tracing wires and making my wife hold multi-meter leads to random spots.
Finally, I found the one little issue that was throwing off the voltage to the meter. I have a 22,000uF 35WV capacitor jumping my hot and ground pins on the gauge. Do I need that? Is my busted? I just removed it and tested the gauge without starting the engine and it worked perfect, but now I'm nervous that I need something there. Do I need a capacitor to even out the voltage? No other gauge has one, and they all seem to work fine. Was this just a screwed up attempt by a previous owner to jimmy rig something, or am I just oblivious to the danger I'm in now that I don't have that connected?
Thanks in advance!IMG_20200526_200930.jpg
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