[Rhodes22-list] Jump Starter

[Jay Friedland]

Ben,
You've gotten a great reactive response from Rob when things go bad on the water. Using the manual start is important like our "emergency" and designed for a somewhat easy over-ride. Also, my 2-year old push-button kill switch was shorting, not allowing me to start until disconnected. So as an interim fix, I have to use the tethered safety switch till i pull the boat next week.

On starting, I've found every Yamaha mechanic/expert has their recommended start procedure. I was told 9 yrs. ago to 1) put the shift control in gear (neutral doesn't allow you to choke), 2) give choke two pumps to full throttle, and 3) back to neutral to start. This has performed flawlessly, first try, maybe second push at most, even with some bad gas, weak battery, etc. I do have a Blue Seas Battery Switch that will combine or switch batteries, if needed.

J
S/V Wanderlust

 

On Nov 18, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Benjamin Cittadino wrote:

> I'm already dreaming of Springtime. Toward that end I am considering
> including a jump-starter for use with the battery that is connected to
> the electric starter for my 2004 9.9 Yamaha outboard. The Yamaha always
> runs well once started but despite my solar panels I have had a couple
> of hard starting days when I needed a little more "oomph" from a
> borrowed jumper to get the engine started after several weeks sitting in
> the slip. I think I will get some piece of mind having one but the range
> of choices is pretty extensive. I guess I want one that has overcharge
> protection for itself while I plug it in at home, and I suspect I want
> it to be fairly light weight. Anyone have any thoughts to share on this
> subject?
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> By the way, does anybody understand these Yamahas that don't have a
> choke knob? The choke must be automatic but a few times I could only get
> her started buy blocking the air intake port to enrich the fuel mixture.
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> BenC
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> S/V Susan Kay
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> (R22 1993 recycled 2008)
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