nuggetboater
New Member
I just purchased a 2004 240 Sundancer. I brought the boat home and connected the shore power to my house to charge the batteries and have power while I cleaned it out. Initially the voltage of both batteries were about 11.6v, after about 24 hours of charging they now read 13.6v. While I was poking around the engine I accidentally touched the alternator and it was super hot, too hot to hold my hand on. Is this normal? I looked at the wiring schematics and it doesn't show AC power going to the alternator. The boat has a AC/DC Inverter and I thought that was what charged the batteries.
The next day I went out to continue cleaning and could smell a sulfur like odor, I assumed it was the grey water venting so I just opened up the canopy. Well come to find out both batteries, 550 CCA & 800 CCA Interstate, were almost dry, the water was down to about 3 inches from the bottom.
The boat has been in storage since OCT '14 connected to power and charging batteries.
Here are my questions:
- Does current flow through the alternator on shore power?
- What actually charges the batteries?
- Should I replace my batteries?
- Could there be a problem with the alternator?
Thanks for the help.:smt101
The next day I went out to continue cleaning and could smell a sulfur like odor, I assumed it was the grey water venting so I just opened up the canopy. Well come to find out both batteries, 550 CCA & 800 CCA Interstate, were almost dry, the water was down to about 3 inches from the bottom.
The boat has been in storage since OCT '14 connected to power and charging batteries.
Here are my questions:
- Does current flow through the alternator on shore power?
- What actually charges the batteries?
- Should I replace my batteries?
- Could there be a problem with the alternator?
Thanks for the help.:smt101