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The breaker that trips is the bilge pump one (the power to the bilge pump comes from the key block, not sure why they did it that way), I don’t know the rating, it’s a panel with all the 12v items connected to it, prob only about 5 amp.

Just tried that and same result, the fuse tripped. Thanks for all your help by the way.

The small cable on the starter seems fine, gave it a clean and put it back on. The solenoid also seems to be working as I can hear it click when the key has turned on the instrument panel and I press the stop button. The water level in the bilge is always low as I regularly pump it out, never more than 10mm deep.

Ok, so I attached a small wire to terminal 17, turned the key to the on position, gave it a couple of seconds as I would when starting, touched this wire to terminal 30 (yep, a couple of sparks) then it tripped the fuse and the panel went off. The fuse on the engine block is 30A, this is still ok, it just trips the fuse for the control panel. Not sure what to try next.

So, if I’m correct, as I turn the key to heat up the glow plugs (this seems to be ok as the beeper sounds and the row of lights come on at the bottom), I leave this in the on position, then I can make a brief connection between the brown/white stripe cable on terminal 30 to terminal 17 white/red stripe to turn the starter motor. I though I’d clarify this before I do it, don’t want any fireworks! Thanks for your help, by the way. I think that something is broken in the key barrel and it’s shorting out when I turn it fully to fire the starter motor. Terry

Thanks for your advice, here’s a photo of the rear of the panel. I found the live feed but not sure how to proceed to check the faulty line. Should I remove the live feed and touch it to the other connectors on the rear of the key barrel (on the left side with the red wire running into it)?

We’ve been cruising for the last couple of weeks in our ex 2001 Canaltime hire boat that has a Beta Marine 38 engine, which has been running fine, however yesterday morning when we were about to set off, I turned the key in the control panel and it felt slightly stuck with some resistance, however it did turn over and we got underway. When we moored up however, I found that I couldn’t turn the engine off with the stop button, the solenoid wasn’t working. After a bit of Googling, I checked the fuse for the panel and it had tripped. I reset it and the stop button worked. All good I thought. This morning I tried to start the engine and when I turn the key, it trips the fuse and will not start. Any help would be greatly appreciated as we’re currently stuck. Could something be at fault in the key barrel (which appears to be a sealed unit). Thanks Terry