Battery been charged for one year, during winter and fall. Could it be relay switch or starter? Had a weekend trip planned, which may now be ruined.
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Battery been charged for one year, during winter and fall. Could it be relay switch or starter? Had a weekend trip planned, which may now be ruined.
Its hard to tell from here, a battery is the likely cause, I don’t know how old it is, or what kind of shape its in and who charged it and how it was charged. It is one of those things where you either make an educated guess (put in a new battery and see what happens or not. But either way, I think simple first, the battery is the weak link, I guess you can take it down to auto parts store and test the old one? and or buy a brand new heavy duty one? good luck. Me personally if that battery is more than a few years old, I would buy the biggest baddest battery I could find, and stuff it in the boat.
Just because the battery has been charged does not mean it is good.
Batteries do fail over time, especially ones that aren’t used often. Have the battery checked at a parts store.
I’d start by getting a battery out of a car that you know works and just test it with the known good battery.
Then start diagnosing the problem more deeply. You are on the right track though thinking it might be the ignition switch or a relay.
But seriously, make sure you are working with a good battery before you spend all the time tearing the boat apart.
As they’ve said, check the battery first. It is the easiest thing to check, and is definitely the weakest link. Only once you have checked and ruled out the battery should you move on to the other systems.
always remember electrical, then fuel delivery, then compression. in that order, and ranked by difficulty.