Chris Benwell
New Member
Question for the Sea Ray fam,
I'm fairly new to this boat and have never stayed overnight on the hook with my 370, primarily because I'm scared to death of waking up far away from the marina with dead batteries. Here are 2 common scenarios that I could use some advice:
1. If the generator is off and you pull up to a restaurant on the lake for a few hours and shutdown everything on the boat...do you also turn off the 3 battery switches on the main panel? Or will that "de-energize" the batteries? Should I just leave them on?
2. If you are overnighting, and at anchor and shut off the generator for the night to go to bed, do you leave the batter switches on but shutoff the non-essential breakers on the panel to preserve the refrigerator? Or do you just shut off the 3 battery switches, even though it will shut down all DC accessories?
I'm determined to overnight once I get the smarts and courage.
I'm fairly new to this boat and have never stayed overnight on the hook with my 370, primarily because I'm scared to death of waking up far away from the marina with dead batteries. Here are 2 common scenarios that I could use some advice:
1. If the generator is off and you pull up to a restaurant on the lake for a few hours and shutdown everything on the boat...do you also turn off the 3 battery switches on the main panel? Or will that "de-energize" the batteries? Should I just leave them on?
2. If you are overnighting, and at anchor and shut off the generator for the night to go to bed, do you leave the batter switches on but shutoff the non-essential breakers on the panel to preserve the refrigerator? Or do you just shut off the 3 battery switches, even though it will shut down all DC accessories?
I'm determined to overnight once I get the smarts and courage.