[Rhodes22-list] The magic of electricity

[Michael D. Weisner]

Ben,

Didn't your '08 come with a warranty?  I think that you need to direct your 
questions about a failed battery (or two) within the first year of operation 
to Stan.

Mike
s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
       Nissequogue River, NY

From: "BenCittadino" Monday, September 07, 2009 10:12 PM
> Two great days of sailing this past week. Hit 5.6 knots over the ground 
> and
> buried the rail once (a little scary, are you sure this thing won't
> capsize???).
>
> Anyhow, the engine starts like a dream (I have electric start and motor
> lift) and purrs like a kitten. HOWEVER, nothing else electrical works on 
> the
> boat all of a sudden. I have a '93, recycled '08 and it has two batteries. 
> I
> have the electrical panel high on the starboard bulkhead inside the cabin. 
> I
> also have two factory installed solar panels. Last summer, and up until
> today the switches on the panel could be switched to energize the depth
> finder, cabin lights, macerator (test only), radio, etc.
>
> Now to be frank I know nothing else about the electrical system on this
> boat. I have no electrical test gear and will undoubtedly have a marine
> electrician look at it. However I would like to give the tech some
> information about how this boat is wired. Is there an electrical diagram
> somewhere? Which battery energizes which stuff? Where do the wires go when
> they leave the battery compartments? Which battery or batteries are 
> charged
> by the solar panels? I let her sit idle more than a week or two sometimes
> and never have a problem with the lift or electric start, but the dinky
> little items on the other circuit seem to drain that battery pretty 
> readily.
> Are there known issues I should alert the tech to with this set-up?
>
> I recall now the boatyard where I put my boat up last winter had to 
> replace
> a battery (I don't even know for sure which one) upon launching this 
> summer
> and I think it was the one that has failed now (forward?).
>
> I guess what I am asking is whether there is an archive entry or another
> document that will start me on the road to undstanding the electrical 
> system
> on this boat.
>
> Thanks;
>
> Ben C
> SV Susan Kay
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