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Location: Almond, WI | This last June, my '96 Smokercraft nearly started on fire. The only reason I caught it was because I had an extra cup of coffee that morning and pulled into a gas station, mostly to pee, but got gas and do my walk around (check bearings/trailer tires, etc.) and smelled that electrical fire smell and see smoke starting to come out of my battery compartment. I quickly unhooked the battery and extinguished the battery box and the aft below deck access. What happened was a screw loosened on a metal rear deck support and the wiring harness worked its way under, cut through the insulation and shorted out. Fortunately we saved the wiring harness, only a couple spots needed to be repaired. Now we rigged up a master fuse system to hopefully prevent this, besides tightened the screws and added some new insulation around the harness. Not fun. Wiring harnesses seem pretty close to universal so you can probably get one to work. Maybe Princecraft has a schematic for you to work from. |
