steveziv
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Seems like something always goes wrong at the end of the season. Weather and other commitments have kept us from using our 290 Dancer for several weeks. When I tried to start the port engine I got nothing. A closer look at the electrical panel showed I had left several DC switches "on". Still, it was just the stereo, cabin lights, water, head, stuff like that, no ignition switches or refrigerator and I doubt anything was left on. The boat was covered so the bilge pumps shouldn't be a concern. Maybe a slow drip in the water system led to the pump running? The starboard engine is started by 2 parallel batteries which also run the DC systems, the 3rd battery starts the port engine and the generator and is fine.
So I tried the emergency switch, which I've never seen work, no luck there. This morning I hooked up my WeGo jump starter. It fired up the bilge pump but wouldn't turn over the engine. Next I guess I'll take a pair of jumper cables down and see it that gets a result.
Any other suggestions? These are newer batteries but I have a sneaking suspicion I'm on the hook for a couple hundred bucks worth of batteries and a PITA change out job.
I'm also wondering why the on-board charger didn't keep them charged. I looked at it this morning and the needle was just laying on zero.
So I tried the emergency switch, which I've never seen work, no luck there. This morning I hooked up my WeGo jump starter. It fired up the bilge pump but wouldn't turn over the engine. Next I guess I'll take a pair of jumper cables down and see it that gets a result.
Any other suggestions? These are newer batteries but I have a sneaking suspicion I'm on the hook for a couple hundred bucks worth of batteries and a PITA change out job.
I'm also wondering why the on-board charger didn't keep them charged. I looked at it this morning and the needle was just laying on zero.