Battery Cable route

Did you try running your generator with the battery charger/ AC converter? It charges most batteries pretty fast unless they are on their way out with dead cells. Glad you had a good day and looked at the good side of things. This is boating and how it goes, most of us are used to it... even with new boats.

Good luck,
Vince

 

I thought there was a "CSR" bylaw about painting houses during boating!
If not, lets write one.

 

See if you can borrow a professional battery tester and then find out the status of those cells. You could be chasing your tail doing all this work just to make a sub-quality battery do what you need of it. Just thinkin......

 

On for 60-75 minutes?

 

A proper load test takes 10 seconds, max.

 

Probably took that long to charge but not to load test.

 

I am thinking about putting LED courtesy lighting under the aft cockpit seating area for our night cruises. The existing red lights that came from the builder don't seem to do much. We could keep the aft part of the boat somewhat lit, but at the helm station, my night vision would not be washed out. So... 2 questions.

Where to route 16/2 speaker wire for the low duty current draw to light the LED's. I can have the power tap end of the LED's starboard or port-aft/fore in the cockpit. I would prefer not to drill any holes, but if needed, that is what I will do and seal the opening to withstand water intrusion (which I don't ever see happening w the aft canvass).

Where would you tap for 12v power once inside the bilge area? The system will have a main power button to removing power draw when not in use.

Any suggestions/idea's or past experience is welcomed.

Thank you,
Vince

 

Sorry I made a mistake thinking this was the 380 group thread. Did not want to take away from your original post. I will repost in the 380 group.

Thanks, V

 

Check your alternator. A bad alternator can cause a power drain in exactly the way you described what happened to you. I had this same thing happen to me last summer and it was the alternator gone bad. $70 for a new one and all was/is well.

 

I would love to know where you got a new alternator for $70? I was just quoted $284 for OEM. Luckily, I found a guy to rebuild for $50.

 

Oh, and a 12 pack of coors light service charge!

 

My marina shop also gave me a quote of just under $300 and a week delivery time. Amazon had it at my door next day if I remember correctly. I did the removal/instal myself in about 45 minutes.


DB Electrical ADR0299 New Alternator For Mercruiser 4.3-5.7 1998-Up 8460, 350 Mag Mpi Horizon, Mercruiser 6.2-7.4L 1998-2016, Mercruiser Marine 20099 20800 113685 219232 19020601 19020609 400-12295
Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC
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$72.28
Condition: New

 

Nice! Guess I didn't Google hard enough.

At least I will help enjoy the service charge.

 

Most boat manufactures dont make electrical products. So as far as oem is concerned, Merc,Vovlo, Crusader, etc get there engine from the engine builder and in most cases it`s GM based. So "any name company" is just as good as any other.
Ignition Distributor Cap Rotor GM V8 Vortec w/Flat Cap 2001-Up$52.00
Amazon
Mercruiser and Volvo Penta V8 Distributor Cap and Rotor kit for 5.0, 5.7, 6.2 engines$34.00
And YES they both have copper conductors