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[Moneyclip]

84 sedan Searay 34’ What a mess. Ok i have shore power. Plugged into top and bottom shore connectors.

Ac works when connected to shore power. The entire top of the panel does not work.

I don’t know if batteries are dead cuz i can’t turn over the engines.

The top of the panel box has 2 keys. Port and stbd. They two separate breakers for port and stbd ignitions. Without the entire top panel working i can’t start any engine. Seriously nothing on the top works. None of the green lights light up with turn the breaker on. This is while connected to shore power last 4 days. Everything should work and be fully charged with onboard chargers.

What have i done to take out the entire top of the panel box. And nothing works when i flip to ship power either.

The connections in the back of the shore connections are secure. Is there a special reset switch. A fuse. Something to take out the entire top panel.

 

[Moneyclip]

84 sedan Searay 34’ What a mess. Ok i have shore power. Plugged into top and bottom shore connectors.

Ac works when connected to shore power. The entire top of the panel does not work.

I don’t know if batteries are dead cuz i can’t turn over the engines.

The top of the panel box has 2 keys. Port and stbd. They two separate breakers for port and stbd ignitions. Without the entire top panel working i can’t start any engine. Seriously nothing on the top works. None of the green lights light up with turn the breaker on. This is while connected to shore power last 4 days. Everything should work and be fully charged with onboard chargers.

What have i done to take out the entire top of the panel box. And nothing works when i flip to ship power either.

The connections in the back of the shore connections are secure. Is there a special reset switch. A fuse. Something to take out the entire top panel.

 

[doozie]

Looking at the picture, I don’t see voltage or amperage on the 12 volt meters, are your battery switches on. Depending on where your 110 volt cords plug in there could be a fuse/ circuit breaker in the engine room

 

[Moneyclip]

Looking at the picture, I don’t see voltage or amperage on the 12 volt meters, are your battery switches on. Depending on where your 110 volt cords plug in there could be a fuse/ circuit breaker in the engine room

Nothing is working on the whole top portion of the panel. The meters nothing. I do have two battery switches both on. I have 2 stbd and 2 port batteries. Two on each side have their own red battery switches. Both on. The previous owner said he never had any issues while connected to shore power. It has two black boxes next to each battery switch with a bunch of red lights that also are not lit up and i remember they used to. I think there is a link or a fuse or something that the power is just stopped at a certain location prior to getting to the box. If you know of such a switch or fuse or anything that could cause this? An electrician diagnostics could be a huge hit for something i think is simple. I’m just not familiar. I just got this boat and I’m learning. Any ideas would be greatly helpful.

 

[Jaybeaux]

One thing that I noticed is that on the AC side of your panel, the lower portion, the AC Converter breaker is OFF. That is your battery charger.

You say "the entire top of the panel doesn't work". By that, are you referring to the White Breakers, beginning with the Ignition STBD and Ignition PORT breakers? If so, that is the DC part of your distribution panel. That is powered by the batteries. You state that the battery switches are ON. That is good. Take your meter down to the batteries and measure the voltage on each battery.

Good luck,

Jaybeaux

 

[Skybolt]

I am guessing your engines don't start at this point? You should leave you battery charger on 24/7. If you still have that old blue Pro-Mariner charger, you might want to upgrade that. That old charger will cook your batteries and may be the reason your having issues.

 

[Golfman25]

So rather than ”top or bottom” think in terms of AC and DC. Your AC is just like at home. Looks like you have two incoming circuits. First thing is to get those diagnosed and powered up. Should see 110-120 volts on each. Make sure the breaker at the dock pedestal is on.

Then work on the DC side. That’s the 12 volts Side. Start at the batteries and measure voltage. Work to the battery switch and test voltage. Then to the panel. As jay said make sure the charger switch is on and the charger is working.

 

[dmorris800]

Just as fyi, once you get your battery converter / battery charger on, you should see > 12.8 volts on your battery terminals with a meter. At close to 30 years I would be suspect of your meters on the panel. Let us know how it goes.

 

[Moneyclip]

One thing that I noticed is that on the AC side of your panel, the lower portion, the AC Converter breaker is OFF. That is your battery charger.

You say "the entire top of the panel doesn't work". By that, are you referring to the White Breakers, beginning with the Ignition STBD and Ignition PORT breakers? If so, that is the DC part of your distribution panel. That is powered by the batteries. You state that the battery switches are ON. That is good. Take your meter down to the batteries and measure the voltage on each battery.

Good luck,

Jaybeaux

thank you, the ac converter is the generator. you cant start generator without this breaker on. The top DC part is run completely off batteries which are 100% drained and currenty on a battery charger. I cannot find anywhere a built in battery charger may be. I may have this thing licked now.

 

[Richard Carlisle]

With no battery charger your house batteries would be flat in days unless you shut off the battery switches. I would bet you have a battery charger that may have gone bad.

 

[Moneyclip]

I charge the batteries with the individual battery charger and everything’s working perfectly again so the top portion of the panel box is DC power and it is all run by the batteries. I’m going to put a new onboard battery charger installed next week I am going to put that on the AC side of shore power. Thanks for all the comments.

 

[Moneyclip]

Just as fyi, once you get your battery converter / battery charger on, you should see > 12.8 volts on your battery terminals with a meter. At close to 30 years I would be suspect of your meters on the panel. Let us know how it goes.

The port side battery test works in the panel box but the stbd side always shows zero on the meter. But i know that’s not true. The generator starts by the stbd batteries.

 

[dmorris800]

The port side battery test works in the panel box but the stbd side always shows zero on the meter. But i know that’s not true. The generator starts by the stbd batteries.

I would put a meter to the actual battery terminals. If they are over 12.8 for lead acid they are fully charged. If you are not seeing that at your panel most likely a fuse is blown somewhere.

 

[Golfman25]

thank you, the ac converter is the generator. you cant start generator without this breaker on. The top DC part is run completely off batteries which are 100% drained and currenty on a battery charger. I cannot find anywhere a built in battery charger may be. I may have this thing licked now.

Something is wrong there. The AC converter switch, bottom black one, should be for a battery charger. Need to find if they took that out.