SteveOgden
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- Jul 16, 2008
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The guy in the slip next to me in Annapolis MD has recently bought a 1984 Sea Ray 340D Express and he cannot operate any of his 12 volt DC systems unless he has the engines running.
It's his first boat so I'm trying to help him out as he is 'living aboard'.
I am a very experienced boater with my own 46 foot sailboat and have lots of experience with the electricals but I cannot work this one out.
The boat appears to have a starter battery of about 100 AH and what looks like at first glance a house battery of 2 x 100 amp cells but these do not appear to be connected in parralel like a normal house battery.
It has 2 battery on/off lock switches and does not appear to be wired as per the manual's wiring diagram.
Does anybody have any clue about what's wrong here or at least have a wiring diagram for a 340D (1984) which shows the DC distibution circuitry?
Any help/suggestions would be appreciated as he wants to go down the ICW but at present can't do anything which requires DC power (e.g. water pump, anchor light, cabin lights etc) unless his engines are running.
Thanks in advance.
SteveOgden
It's his first boat so I'm trying to help him out as he is 'living aboard'.
I am a very experienced boater with my own 46 foot sailboat and have lots of experience with the electricals but I cannot work this one out.
The boat appears to have a starter battery of about 100 AH and what looks like at first glance a house battery of 2 x 100 amp cells but these do not appear to be connected in parralel like a normal house battery.
It has 2 battery on/off lock switches and does not appear to be wired as per the manual's wiring diagram.
Does anybody have any clue about what's wrong here or at least have a wiring diagram for a 340D (1984) which shows the DC distibution circuitry?
Any help/suggestions would be appreciated as he wants to go down the ICW but at present can't do anything which requires DC power (e.g. water pump, anchor light, cabin lights etc) unless his engines are running.
Thanks in advance.
SteveOgden
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