maegan
New Member
- Jul 29, 2015
- 25
- Boat Info
- 2002 Sundancer 360
- Engines
- Twin Mercuiser 8.1S Gas, Westerbeke Genny
I'm new to all of this and could use some assistance and/or advice. We've had our 2002 360 for 5 seasons now and have had very little issues. We are weekend boaters. Two visits ago when I arrived to the boat the galley fridges (our freezer was replaced with a second fridge by the PO-so there are two fridges side by side) were warm. They had power (interior lights on, but no cooling). I figured it was a refrigerator specific problem (as I've read tons on this forum) that I'd let my marina diagnose and fix at a later time. We moved necessary stuff to the cockpit fridge which was still working. Then we disconnected shore power and went for a ride with the generator running for most of it. When we got back and reconnected to shore power, the fridges began to cool. By the next morning they were cold again. We left the boat thinking that there had been a miraculous recovery--yeah, right?!? We left the boat with the refrigerators working plugged into shore power with the normal switches on the panel on (batteries on, AC converter on, and both fridge switches).
5 days passed, when we came back down to the boat there was definitely something wrong. The cockpit fridge was the only thing working on the boat. The shore power was still present (I could see via the gauge on the panel) however two of the three battery switches were off and would not light (only the center one lit). Neither of the galley fridges had power and they were very warm. I turned off all switches and the single lit battery. I turned off the shore power breaker and let it sit for a minute before turning it all back on. Eventually the batteries began to charge and everything turned on. The fridges had power but never went passed 50 degrees in the day and a half that we were there. We didn't go out because I wasn't sure what the heck was going on with the batteries. While at the dock, the lights seemed to flicker a little at times and the carbon monoxide detector (hardwired in the stateroom) would beep once every once in a while (both of these making me think that the power to the entire boat must be interrupted or inconsistent and that my issue is bigger than just the refrigerator issue).
I've tried searching multiple terms to find what might be going on but I haven't stumbled upon anyone with my same problem after two days of searching. I'm going to talk to some people on my dock this weekend, but I thought I'd post something on here to see if anyone's been through this. I hesitate to turn it over to the marina and have them go on an expensive wild goose chase if there's an easy answer out there.
Thanks to all in advance, and I'll try to answer questions in a timely manner, but I'm only in front of a computer from 7 to 4 during the work week. Thanks!
5 days passed, when we came back down to the boat there was definitely something wrong. The cockpit fridge was the only thing working on the boat. The shore power was still present (I could see via the gauge on the panel) however two of the three battery switches were off and would not light (only the center one lit). Neither of the galley fridges had power and they were very warm. I turned off all switches and the single lit battery. I turned off the shore power breaker and let it sit for a minute before turning it all back on. Eventually the batteries began to charge and everything turned on. The fridges had power but never went passed 50 degrees in the day and a half that we were there. We didn't go out because I wasn't sure what the heck was going on with the batteries. While at the dock, the lights seemed to flicker a little at times and the carbon monoxide detector (hardwired in the stateroom) would beep once every once in a while (both of these making me think that the power to the entire boat must be interrupted or inconsistent and that my issue is bigger than just the refrigerator issue).
I've tried searching multiple terms to find what might be going on but I haven't stumbled upon anyone with my same problem after two days of searching. I'm going to talk to some people on my dock this weekend, but I thought I'd post something on here to see if anyone's been through this. I hesitate to turn it over to the marina and have them go on an expensive wild goose chase if there's an easy answer out there.
Thanks to all in advance, and I'll try to answer questions in a timely manner, but I'm only in front of a computer from 7 to 4 during the work week. Thanks!