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themons

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Hello:

This last weekend, I was able to free up my port engine which had been previously "seized". While attempting to turn over the engine with a remote starter switch on the solenoid, some wires on the starboard engine started to smoke. The remote starter is attached to the high current post and the ignition wire post on the solenoid.

Any ideas why current might be drawn from wires on the starboard engine circuitry when I am starting the port engine in this manner?

Thanks.
 
I think I may have figured it out theoretically.

I had disconnected the engine battery. I think it was pulling current through the small orange wire between the alternator and the solenoid on the other engine when the battery switch was set to combine.

Thanks.
 
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