Hour gauges

[tomschauer]

no offense.

[Viper]

Source of the post Viper, you may be onto something with the running on one engine. With the other prop running backwards wouldn't that make the hour meter for that motor run backwards, creating a greater disparity between the hour meters?

See, that's what I like about this forum, you learn something new every day!

[AaHubb]

Huh. Mine are within a few tenths of each other.
..Aaron

[tomschauer]

my meters are VDO not Hobbs. about 3/10 difference @ 250 hrs.

[Erikpmn]

Hi there! I know this is an old thread but thought I’d share a recent experience. We had a pretty big storm a couple weeks ago and the helm on my 380 Santego got drenched. The fuses for my ignition got wet. While the boat would still start and all seemed fine, it appears the waterlogged fuses allowed a complete circuit. Therefore, my hour meters were clicking along even with the ignition in the off position.

[Barrett50]

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[km1125]

Not the fuses that would be an issue, but your ignition switches.

[bud37]

Source of the post Hi there! I know this is an old thread but thought I’d share a recent experience. We had a pretty big storm a couple weeks ago and the helm on my 380 Santego got drenched. The fuses for my ignition got wet. While the boat would still start and all seemed fine, it appears the waterlogged fuses allowed a complete circuit. Therefore, my hour meters were clicking along even with the ignition in the off position.

I wonder if it is possible on your boat to shut down ( isolate ) the bridge power when you leave it. We always left all the boat circuits off except for the fridge.