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Cannon Mag 10 problem


njg0621

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Yesterday while out fishing I lowered my downrigger ball to 110ft and when I went to bring it back up NOTHING happened.  It is a Cannon Mag 10 and it worked fine 5 minutes before.  It goes down no problem but when I hit the switch to come back nobody is home.  Any ideas? I bought this boat with the downriggers on it so i am not really familiar with them.

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They are very easy to replace.  Mine went in a mag 20 twice.  The issue that caused mine was moisture in the switch.  Once I replaced the switch, it never happened again.  FISH307 is a great place for replacement parts.  All you do is take the side of the rigger off, unplug the old board and plug the new board in. 

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I think it is just the switch. Mine did the same thing and the board was fine. Water got into the switch and part of it rotted inside. Confirmed with a volt meter and ordered the switch from Fish307. Easy to change.

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Sounds like a bad switch. Did you also push the reset button to see if it did anything? You may also want to plug it into another connection point to see if the same thing occurs there (maybe not enough juice getting to that particular site enough to lower but not raise?)

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Yeah I hit the reset 10 times. It puts the cable out no problem but won't pull it back in. I flip flopped the downrigger to the other side which I know is working and it still didn't work. Everyone seems to be saying switch. Is it typical that the switch just stops working one way?

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Not sure how typical but it is something that can receive a lot of use over years so  it is quite possible something might go bad either all or partially. Often with a board going bad the whole thing will scramble but it could be corrosion  on a contact someplace which could act that way too. Also sometimes when somone takes the side plate off and it isn't sealed properly when put back on moisture can get in and create all sorts of funky things and corrosion.

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Open up the rigger case and look inside.  If the circuit board is burnt, its the circuit board.  Use a volt meter to check the switch.  This is the best way to tell what is wrong.  I knew as soon as I opened the case on my Mag 20.  You could smell the burnt circuit board.  Mine would also go down but not up both times!

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  • 2 weeks later...

As others suggested, does sound like DPDT switch problem.  I purchased a Lake Troll manual DR a couple of years ago. Was not going to pay the additional 400-500.00 for the electric, so I modified my manual to electric for about 60.00.

Works great -  also added a power LED to the tip so I could see the line and ball as it comes to the surface at night when fishing for Walleye

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