Beta Marine Beta 10 Operator's Maintenance Manual page 26

ELECTRICAL – CORRECT OPERATION OF KEYLESS PANELS
These panels control the engine with
three water resistant push buttons
instead of a keyswitch, which are less
prone to damage and corrosion from
sea water spray than a keyswitch.
To operate the engine:
1. Press and hold 'HEAT' button for
ten seconds maximum
• Red lamp for no starter battery
charge should function
• Red lamp for high engine
temperature should not function
(when engine is cold / cool /
warm). This lamp will only ever
function if the engine is over
temperature.
• Red lamp for low oil pressure
should function
ELECTRICAL FAULT FINDING –NON BETA PANELS
Engines can be supplied wired up to
suit VDO switch senders, usually
fitted to a non-Beta control panel.
If so refer to our wiring diagram 200-
60971/01 (also part number for
replacement harness)
• Loom is configured differently in
the 11-way plug to
accommodate the extra wiring.
• Small brown wire (battery sensed
alternator feed) fitted with bullet
connection beside harness plug.
• Oil pressure & water temperature
switch / senders fitted to engine,
requiring individual connections
for driving gauges & warning
lamps.
ELECTRICAL FAULT FINDING –EXTENSION HARNESSES
Some installations require one of the
panel extensions 11 way connectors
to be removed to allow the cable to
be passed through bulkheads etc. If
any panel problems are experienced
after this may have been carried out,
visually check all 11 way
connections on engine harness to
• Green lamp for panel power on
should function
• Buzzer should sound
2. Press 'START' button and hold in
position until engine fires (see
initial start-up section for
maximum time starter can be
operated). Release button (when
engine has started)
• All red warning lamps should
extinguish and buzzer should stop
sounding. The oil pressure lamp
may take a few seconds to switch
off and the charge fail lamp may
remain on until engine rpm is
increased to approximately
1,000rpm if the engine was
started at tickover.
Note: Water temperature switch / sender
• large spade is sender connection
• small spade is switch connection
Oil pressure switch / sender
• G Gauge wire
• M Earth
• WK Warning lamp
panel extension (and panel extension
to panel on C deluxe) to ensure wire
colours to each terminal match up to
the correct colour in its corresponding
terminal. Extra attention must be
given to black (ground) and
black/blue (tacho), also brown
(switched positive to alternator) and
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• Green lamp for panel power on
should still function
3. To stop the engine press the
'STOP' push button, hold in until
engine stops. This button also
switches the power off to the
gauges, engine and power on
lamp.
4. To re-start the engine, simply
repeat steps from '1' above, there
is not need to switch battery
isolators off whilst remaining on
board.
5. If leaving the boat, isolate start
battery from engine and panel, to
prevent accidental start up of
engine.
(Part number 200-01133)
(green / blue)
(blue / yellow)
(Part number 200-62680)
(white / brown)
(black)
(green / yellow)
brown/yellow (charge fail) as these
connections are harder to distinguish
between in poorly lit areas. Whilst
doing this check integrity of each
connection to ensure terminals have
not become damaged. Once
checked, re-fit cable tie around each
connection to keep them secure.