After 15 seasons with my H 23.5, I thought I knew everything I needed to know about this boat. After searching I only found one similar post but it was for a much larger Hunter.
With with my swim ladder in the water and my feet on the top bracket of the ladder ladder, I bent over to reach the rudder and thought I got bit on the thigh by some bug. It turned out I was getting an electrical shock when touching the stern rail seat. It's not strong enough to feel with my fingertips but very noticeable on more sensitive skin. I lifted the electric start Yamaha 9.9 out of the water but the shock is still there.
It happened just now and I'm still sitting in the boat. If it makes any difference, from my Marina I motored about 5 minutes and dropped the anchor. The chain is on the bottom with rope ride to the boat. I'm in 15 feet of water on our fresh water lake. I'm also under three triple wire high tension power lines, but LOL I hope that is not the problem!
I disconnected both leads from the battery and to my surprise, the shock is still there!
What could it be?
Rick
With with my swim ladder in the water and my feet on the top bracket of the ladder ladder, I bent over to reach the rudder and thought I got bit on the thigh by some bug. It turned out I was getting an electrical shock when touching the stern rail seat. It's not strong enough to feel with my fingertips but very noticeable on more sensitive skin. I lifted the electric start Yamaha 9.9 out of the water but the shock is still there.
It happened just now and I'm still sitting in the boat. If it makes any difference, from my Marina I motored about 5 minutes and dropped the anchor. The chain is on the bottom with rope ride to the boat. I'm in 15 feet of water on our fresh water lake. I'm also under three triple wire high tension power lines, but LOL I hope that is not the problem!
I disconnected both leads from the battery and to my surprise, the shock is still there!
What could it be?
Rick