Ok, so I'm out a week back and go to turn on my bildge and notice I've lost all power to the electrical panel. It was late in the day, so I blew it off. When I get home I popped the battery compartment cover and noticed the lead to the battery for the bildge pump has corroded and broken. The fuse holder for that looked iffy so I put an new one in and fixed that broken wire connection, pop and new fuse in and the pump works. The problem is it works 24/7, even with the switch on the console turned to off. The other problem is that the power switch on the panel still doesn't work, and the only way to get power to the panel and read other gauges, is if that fuse is inline (can't shut if off now without it removed) and the bildge switch is turned to off.
I'm electrically as dense as they come, shocking isn't it
. I think the next boat I buy I'd like to wire it myself, otherwise how does one know how the damn boat is wired. In my business, equipment comes out with as built wiring diagrams, not so on any boat I've ever owned. I guess that way the dealers are insured it comes back in for service.