Location of breakers or fuses?

[Daniel Schiavone]

It’s bad enough my new 2018 280SLX arrived in June with a broken transducer, then needed 2 new switches installed on 2 separate occasions when one of the batteries wasn’t charging and the boats electronics went dead on two occasions. It was a great time pulling all that chain into the anchor locker when the windlass quit twice. Now I’m currently awaiting power steering recall repairs. Tonight, my courtesy lights and accent lights wouldn’t turn on. Do you think the manual will tell me where to look for fuses or circuit breakers? Of course not. The owner’s manual is awful. I see an upholstered panel under the helm where the switches are located with 4 screws holding it on. Is it there? In the bilge? Are they fuses? Or circuit breakers? Any help would be appreciated. I’m frustrated to say the least.

 

[JimG]

I'm sorry you're have issues with your new boat. The fuse/breaker panel could be under the dash... maybe behind that panel that you have identified. Your manual calls it "Control Station Fuse Block".

Hopefully your dealer will take care of all problems.

Welcome to CSR!

 

[Daniel Schiavone]

Thanks. The dealer called today and they'll take a look for me. They believed that's the location of fuses too.

 

[Stee6043]

Seems like the dealer should have spent an hour or two introducing you to the boat before you took her from the lot? I hope your luck improves...

 

[Daniel Schiavone]

Maybe. I understand that you can't cover everything in the delivery and sea test (which I had) but at least print me a comprehensive manual. I can learn anything from a book... if it's in the book. My car owner's manual is 10x better than my Sea Ray's manual. If it wasn't for YouTube, I would've never figured out the SmartCraft guage set up.

 

[JVM225]

Salesman should have made sure you knew all of this stuff when they delivered the boat.
Sounds weird that they would put a fuse panel in a place where you had to remove 4 screws to get to it. They’re usually more readily accessible.

 

[Daniel Schiavone]

Agree!

 

[Bt Doctur]

More likely you have a EIM thats is fused

 

[ian ingram]

I have a 2008 Sundancer 395 Australian delivery ( i think thats a 380 USA ) It has 220V AC
Currently the icemaker and port AC cockpit outlet are not working.
There is power from the main board but not at the icemaker
The manual shows 4 breakers, port & stbd sytems, galley and forward, I have found stbd, galley and forward breakers in the overhead lockers but I cannot find the breaker for the port systems.

Anyone know where it is located?
Cheers
Ian

 

[mratlndmrk]

I have a 2008 Sundancer 395 Australian delivery ( i think thats a 380 USA ) It has 220V AC
Currently the icemaker and port AC cockpit outlet are not working.
There is power from the main board but not at the icemaker
The manual shows 4 breakers, port & stbd sytems, galley and forward, I have found stbd, galley and forward breakers in the overhead lockers but I cannot find the breaker for the port systems.

Anyone know where it is located?
Cheers
Ian

Check in the head. My 380 has a GFI under the cabinet that is over the sink. That one seems to trip the most often.

 

[sbw1]

It’s bad enough my new 2018 280SLX arrived in June with a broken transducer, then needed 2 new switches installed on 2 separate occasions when one of the batteries wasn’t charging and the boats electronics went dead on two occasions. It was a great time pulling all that chain into the anchor locker when the windlass quit twice. Now I’m currently awaiting power steering recall repairs. Tonight, my courtesy lights and accent lights wouldn’t turn on. Do you think the manual will tell me where to look for fuses or circuit breakers? Of course not. The owner’s manual is awful. I see an upholstered panel under the helm where the switches are located with 4 screws holding it on. Is it there? In the bilge? Are they fuses? Or circuit breakers? Any help would be appreciated. I’m frustrated to say the least.

Interesting SR is going to focus on building boats under 40 feet. First improvement could be inclusion of a comprehensive operator manual.

 

[ian ingram]

Check in the head. My 380 has a GFI under the cabinet that is over the sink. That one seems to trip the most often.

Many thanks, I went down after posting the question and put some gear away in the overhead locker in the head and found there are 2 GFI 's there not one ! So that makes 4 in total, mystery solved!

Cheers
Ian

 

[Toms River Sea Ray]

I have a 2016 280 SLX that the batteries aren't charging on shore power. What switched did they replace on your boat?

 

[JimG]

I have a 2016 280 SLX that the batteries aren't charging on shore power. What switched did they replace on your boat?

Daniel (the OP) has not been seen here since August of 2018. You should start your own thread for your questions... T

There should be a switch on you control/breaker panel that says "Converter"... this would be your battery charger. Make sure that's on.

Best of luck and welcome to CSR!