Motoguy2158
Active Member
- Oct 13, 2018
- 123
- Boat Info
- 340 Sundancer 2002
- Engines
- 6.2 Mercruiser with ZF V Drives, Garmin Nav, Radar and Autopilot
I just purchased this boat in time to take a couple rides and then pull it for the winter. I'm the second owner of this boat and assuming the boat is wired as it was from the factory does the on board charger charge all the batteries. The PO replaced the generator with a Westerbeke 5.0 KW. My set up is as follows...
I have (2) batteries on the Starboard side in front of the Gen. I can see that one battery goes to the generator for starting, the other is the starboard engine starting battery.
Behind the motors and in middle are (2) other batteries, hooked together in parallel that go to the port motor and I'm assuming the house battery as it goes to the panel in the engine compartment. I have the Sea Ray owners book and wiring diagrams and it's not clear how this works. The broker said the emergency start will tie the port and starboard batteries together in the event one dies. All (4) batteries are the same size (Group 24MS @575MCA)..
So on my limited time on the boat I could see the charger was keeping the port and starboard battery charged, based on the gauges on the cabin control panel. Just wondering if the Generator battery is typically on this circuit or not....
Second part....So I plan to do some extended cruising and spend some time on the hook. I have the generator but the house battery seems pretty small. Since the House and Port motor share a common system would i need to upgrade both batteries if I wanted longer drain times? I plan to do some checking at the marina in a few weeks to see if i can figure it out. I'm wondering how its suppose to be!
Thanks....
I have (2) batteries on the Starboard side in front of the Gen. I can see that one battery goes to the generator for starting, the other is the starboard engine starting battery.
Behind the motors and in middle are (2) other batteries, hooked together in parallel that go to the port motor and I'm assuming the house battery as it goes to the panel in the engine compartment. I have the Sea Ray owners book and wiring diagrams and it's not clear how this works. The broker said the emergency start will tie the port and starboard batteries together in the event one dies. All (4) batteries are the same size (Group 24MS @575MCA)..
So on my limited time on the boat I could see the charger was keeping the port and starboard battery charged, based on the gauges on the cabin control panel. Just wondering if the Generator battery is typically on this circuit or not....
Second part....So I plan to do some extended cruising and spend some time on the hook. I have the generator but the house battery seems pretty small. Since the House and Port motor share a common system would i need to upgrade both batteries if I wanted longer drain times? I plan to do some checking at the marina in a few weeks to see if i can figure it out. I'm wondering how its suppose to be!
Thanks....