Mysterious Black Button.

[hoopykat]

Seacock...heh heh heh heh heh heh

[MoneyPity]

It is for an early market wedge system that was adapted to other boats. Instead of a wedge they modified the swim platform to allow it to trim up or down. They installed special hydraulics on the platforms mounts so when the button was first pushed it tilted platform up. Pressing the button a second time was slalom mode in which the boat turned into part submarine. It wasn't a popular option because it malfunctioned and either caused submarine mode or too much wedge like action burying the stern

j/k

[whitlock87]

Use a meter to see if the breaker is open or closed. If it is closed, and you want to know what it does, remove one of the wires and see what no longer works.

[brose]

I did the meter test. It was closed. Didn't seem to do anything when unplugged. I followed the wires, which was more complicated than I imagined. One (Red) seemed to go to the fill pump toggle and the other (brown / yellow stripe) to the fuse board area.

I'm still at a loss here!!!

[whitlock87]

I did the meter test. It was closed. Didn't seem to do anything when unplugged. I followed the wires, which was more complicated than I imagined. One (Red) seemed to go to the fill pump toggle and the other (brown / yellow stripe) to the fuse board area.

I'm still at a loss here!!!

Based on this, I would say it is your inline fuse for your fill pump.
Did you ever check it to see if it has power ( + 12 vdc)

[lee]

Looks like what was used when someone installed an electric gate valve.

[rostap]

I just want to type seacock

LMAO....

[NICKYPOO]

Looks like what was used when someone installed an electric gate valve.

That was my guess. Does that make me as smart as Lee?

[brose]

I followed the wires and after futher review, I found that this was a 10A inline fuse that was connected to my seacock rocker switch. I also found that the button was stuck in the "open" position, so it seemed to have no value. The wiring ran as follows:

- Wired from the 10A fuse under the dash for the shower (which I don't have).
- To the inline 10A fuse shown in the above picture.
- To the rocker switch that ran my seacock.

Not sure why the inline fuse was there. Seemed redundant. So, I removed it and ran the wire directly from the shower fuse to the rocker switch.

Seacock still doesn't work!!! I still have no ballast!

[lalaforu]

at last i got the answer

[brose]

What is an electric gate valve?