Steve O
New Member
- Aug 28, 2018
- 7
- Boat Info
- 280 Sea Ray Sundancer, 2014
- Engines
- 450 Mercuiser w/Bravo III Drives
I have a 2014 Sundancer 280.
Spent the weekend at the marina and before bed noticed that the cabin lights seemed a tad bit dimmer than usual - but not enough to do anything. The floor lights were flickering albeit very subtle. The TV had a hard time keeping a channel locked in to a signal, assumed not enough power to the antenna.
Woke up to an alarm on the generator that said low battery. I put everything together and assumed that I am not running on full power.
I'm running on shore power, not generator as the gen isn't even working anyway and is powered down.
The battery was on battery 1. I turned the battery switch to off, which shut the generator alarm off. Switched to battery 2 and noticed that the lights were brighter and the floor lights stopped flickering. Went back to battery 1 and everything seemed fine.
So now I have many questions.
What would cause the lower power?
Even though I was hooked up to shore power, am I still running on battery or some form of it? I had did have the battery charger on as I always do when at the dock on shore power.
Why would the generator (Kohler) set off an alarm when it isn't even on (or working).
Why is there no way to shut the alarm off on the gen, without turning the battery switch to off?
Is it possible that all I need is a new battery? The current ones are about 2 years old anyway.
Next morning boat started and ran fine and everything worked.
I am a bit perplexed and know very little about electrical so would love some feedback and thoughts on this.
Very appreciative to be able to tap into the knowledge of this great community.
Steve
Spent the weekend at the marina and before bed noticed that the cabin lights seemed a tad bit dimmer than usual - but not enough to do anything. The floor lights were flickering albeit very subtle. The TV had a hard time keeping a channel locked in to a signal, assumed not enough power to the antenna.
Woke up to an alarm on the generator that said low battery. I put everything together and assumed that I am not running on full power.
I'm running on shore power, not generator as the gen isn't even working anyway and is powered down.
The battery was on battery 1. I turned the battery switch to off, which shut the generator alarm off. Switched to battery 2 and noticed that the lights were brighter and the floor lights stopped flickering. Went back to battery 1 and everything seemed fine.
So now I have many questions.
What would cause the lower power?
Even though I was hooked up to shore power, am I still running on battery or some form of it? I had did have the battery charger on as I always do when at the dock on shore power.
Why would the generator (Kohler) set off an alarm when it isn't even on (or working).
Why is there no way to shut the alarm off on the gen, without turning the battery switch to off?
Is it possible that all I need is a new battery? The current ones are about 2 years old anyway.
Next morning boat started and ran fine and everything worked.
I am a bit perplexed and know very little about electrical so would love some feedback and thoughts on this.
Very appreciative to be able to tap into the knowledge of this great community.
Steve