[Rhodes22-list] The magic of electricity

[David Bradley]

Ben, the motor and motor hoist connect directly to the battery.  The
rest of the electrical system goes through the panel.  Since
everything went at once and it's presumable still not working after
you ran the motor and would have given the batteries a charge, it
sounds like it might just be a loose wire.  Try tightening the
connections on both batteries.  I'm not an expert but that's what I'd
do before paying a mechanic.

Dave



On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 7:12 PM, BenCittadino <bencittadino at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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