When I push the start buttons, my perkins' starters sometimes turn, other times don't.
I used two remote starter buttons to start and stop the engines from the engine room. They both start immediately when I attach the buttons directly to the solenoid terminals, the neutral safety switches, and the end of the wire going from two large engine room terminal blocks to the neutral safety switch.
BUTTTT! When I connect the starter button to the terminal on the OLD wire running through the original wiring harness from this terminal block to the u/l helm start buttons, I get the same results I get when I push the start buttons at the helms.
SO! I cut off the old terminal from the 44 year old wiring, stripped back 1/2" of insulation, and found the wire was not tinned (in 1979) and cupric oxide is on the surface of ALL of the multiple strands of wire, to include those in the middle.
I will have to run 24 new tinned wires from 25-40 feet through places hands surely cannot go to replace all of the start-kill wires from the upper and lower helm.
As an alternative, I am considering de-oxidizing (chemically) the wire where it crimps to the new terminals, then sealing the new terminal connections to avoid future oxidation.
I know this is not "code", but is it a reasonable approach?
I would very much appreciate some wisdom from our knowledgeable members.
(I suspect this same issue is the reason some of my upper helm instruments are un-reliable.
I used two remote starter buttons to start and stop the engines from the engine room. They both start immediately when I attach the buttons directly to the solenoid terminals, the neutral safety switches, and the end of the wire going from two large engine room terminal blocks to the neutral safety switch.
BUTTTT! When I connect the starter button to the terminal on the OLD wire running through the original wiring harness from this terminal block to the u/l helm start buttons, I get the same results I get when I push the start buttons at the helms.
SO! I cut off the old terminal from the 44 year old wiring, stripped back 1/2" of insulation, and found the wire was not tinned (in 1979) and cupric oxide is on the surface of ALL of the multiple strands of wire, to include those in the middle.
I will have to run 24 new tinned wires from 25-40 feet through places hands surely cannot go to replace all of the start-kill wires from the upper and lower helm.
As an alternative, I am considering de-oxidizing (chemically) the wire where it crimps to the new terminals, then sealing the new terminal connections to avoid future oxidation.
I know this is not "code", but is it a reasonable approach?
I would very much appreciate some wisdom from our knowledgeable members.
(I suspect this same issue is the reason some of my upper helm instruments are un-reliable.