Stewart-Warner or VDO? If you touch the sender lead to ground, the gauge will go high for SW, The gauge will go down for standard* VDO. Detroits...
One battery each engine for starting? Two total in the boat? That switch is probably for the house and combining the batteries if needed. I agree...
You mead 24 & 12 volt??
Ken I did not mean to upset you, Just something bad happened, that may not of had to.
Now, There was MV Heck. Hydraulically started engines with bath-tub gears. You hand pumped up the hydraulic pressure with a pump and 2 foot...
Need some info first; What and how many batteries do you have? Parallel or serial (or both) banks? I have 14 (was 16) batteries on our boat...
New does not mean good. :rolleyes: Also, You went from a 30 Amp to a (dual??) 5 amp. With minimal house loads, that 30 may have just been enough....
In good practice, the captain, mate, stew or even a pot washer should of been cross trained to start that ship up and not relie on one guy. I can...
I remember an old Huckins with air starters on some big OLD Cats. Sadly a dock queen. Big, Big cast iron bottle under the rear master bed. It...
Were talking AC voltage coiled up in a basket. This is usually not an issue. Lots of science behind it but constant frequency in a coil does not...
I'm not allowed north of the Mason-Dixon line any more. Seems the highway cops have an issue with hardened Florida drivers. Something about sings...
My kind of boater. Where do you need me sell and replace your charger. USA is a little vague. :D
I would hate to think you have a loose "hot" wire hanging around. So, Why are you changing out the charger?
Open the cover and look. Probably a third lead to the gen-set battery.
I do hope the new captain has more room and fun on that L650 than I did working on that blood thirsty Hatt..
Found some notes, 2014, 72' Hat MY. C32s, ZF 2360 clutches, Track stabilizers, Cat Gen-Sets (normally OhNo), Sand water filter (small pool sized),...
Now, in a funny view, Our 46 year old Bertram 58 MY has plenty of room. Currently 14 (was 16) big batteries in the engine room. But, the house is...
On my buds 65' conversion, the gen-sets came off the stb main batteries. This was fixed also. The big Hatt sold and is on the left coast of FL...
I managed a later 70ish Hatt MY a while back. C32s and dual gen-sets. Gen-sets started from the stb main battery bank and the house ran from the...
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