shore power/battery switch question

Yes, I did, as two marinas' told me that as long as shore power is plugged to boat, batteries would charge.

As stee6043 suggested, I checked voltage at both batteries with the "battery charger" circuit on, and the voltage jumped to 14.4 v. and down to 13.5 when charger circuit off.

In summary, for others who might be new to boating, the 2013 240 Sundancer battery charging system works as stated above.

Thank you all for your help.
 
Jaydelski said:
Yes, I did, as two marinas' told me that as long as shore power is plugged to boat, batteries would charge.

As stee6043 suggested, I checked voltage at both batteries with the "battery charger" circuit on, and the voltage jumped to 14.4 v. and down to 13.5 when charger circuit off.

In summary, for others who might be new to boating, the 2013 240 Sundancer battery charging system works as stated above.

Thank you all for your help.
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First, I hope you took my comment in the fun/jesting way it was intended - there was nothing more intended.

The marina's likely made an assumption that you would know to turn the battery charger on. Kinda like making an assumption that if you want a light bulb on that you would flip the switch for that.

That's good that you saw the V jump - but Stee was talking about looking at your boat's voltmeter (which is a good thing) while I was talking about using a handheld voltmeter directly on each battery. The reason I bring that up is that your response here is confusing since it talks about following Stee's advice... but you also said "at both batteries" which is contradictory. I just want to make sure you are fully verifying that the charging is correctly attached to each battery and charging each one - just want to make sure something isn't getting lost in translation here.
 
Of course I took it as fun! The use of the hand held voltmeter on each battery was the key here. Both batteries are charging concurrently when the battery charger circuit switch is on(and obviously the shore power).
Thanks again for you quick responses and advise.
 
while hooked to shore power AC Converter switch on why do I not have the red or green light on? 2003 model 280 port engine battery in dead other two are hot.
 
Steven Wooten said:
while hooked to shore power AC Converter switch on why do I not have the red or green light on? 2003 model 280 port engine battery in dead other two are hot.
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Did you turn the main, 30a breaker on?
 
I will say I am new to this boat it is a learning curve that i have enjoyed so far but I understand it is a learning process. Thank you all for the guidance going forward.
 
For new boat owners....there are always breaker switches on the marina power posts where you plug your cords in. There is another set of breakers on the boat itself where the shore cables plug into the boat. Then there are the breakers on the electrical panel (in the cabin of the boat) for the battery charger (built into the boat already) and finally the breaker in the electrical panel which actually opens the battery circuit (labeled as "battery solenoid switch"). Each of these have a separate port and starboard breaker except for the battery charger itself which when on is charging both batteries. Finally, if you have a bow thruster, it has it's own separate charger with it's own breaker switch in the same electrical panel.
 
brewster16 said:
For new boat owners....there are always breaker switches on the marina power posts where you plug your cords in. There is another set of breakers on the boat itself where the shore cables plug into the boat. Then there are the breakers on the electrical panel (in the cabin of the boat) for the battery charger (built into the boat already) and finally the breaker in the electrical panel which actually opens the battery circuit (labeled as "battery solenoid switch"). Each of these have a separate port and starboard breaker except for the battery charger itself which when on is charging both batteries. Finally, if you have a bow thruster, it has it's own separate charger with it's own breaker switch in the same electrical panel.
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Thank you great information!
 
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