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Outboard Motor Forums (by brand) => Evinrude/Johnson Outboards => Topic started by: Coldfront57 on July 18, 2016, 09:24:31 AM
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Will this damage anything on the motor? It obviously was powering something on the motor the starting battery went stone dead. Key was left on for about a week.
Thanks Erik
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I would not think it would have hurt anything other than discharging your battery.
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a possibility that a coil was overheated or the regulators were damaged. The motor controller or now we call it a cpu draws current when the key is on if left on long enough it will kill the battery. Probability is youre ok tho just charge the battery and sniff around for unusually smells like a electrical smell. with key on cowl off
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did this to my merc..that was all good after a recharge of the battery...nothing happen to the motor...went two weeks not sure how long it took to run the battery down....