colb
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Post by colb on Jul 2, 2020 20:28:46 GMT -5
So I finally got my wet slip at the Marina after a long wait. So my question is when the boat is in the slip should the boat always be on the shore power to keep batteries charged and operational. When the shore power is connected and you leave the boat for an extended time should the DC Distribution switches be left on or off? Will the battery charger work with the DC power switches in the off position. I leave the boat in the slip for months at a time while I am away at my home in another state. First boat, first slip, read manual but not sure it answers my question. Thanks
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Post by omarf4 on Jul 2, 2020 22:01:57 GMT -5
Yes to plugging into shore power and turning the breaker on for your battery charger. House battery on, engine batteries off. If you have a fridge with stuff in it, keep the breaker for that on. Turn off your fresh water and AC breakers. Everything else is off unless you have a bilge heater for the winter. Keep that on.
Since this is your first slipped boat, make sure your bottom is painted. Outdrive should be in down position (trim down) to prevent growth on outdrive gaskets/bellows.
Tie off all four corners so that no sides touch your dock. Good luck.
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Post by colb on Jul 4, 2020 12:15:14 GMT -5
how do you know which is the house vs the engine battery? Thanks for the reply, boat is heading over to get bottom paint and stern drives painted next week. thanks for your help and response.
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Post by scood on Jul 4, 2020 13:29:42 GMT -5
colb...what kind of boat do you have. If you have shore power plugged in, you normally would turn both house and engine batteries off while the shore power can power the battery charger as long as you have it turned on at your breaker panel.
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colb
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Post by colb on Jul 4, 2020 14:22:00 GMT -5
I have a 2015 Regal 30 Express, Twin 225 HP Volvos. I do have the battery charger powered on on the AC panel.
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Post by lg260ss on Jul 4, 2020 19:49:01 GMT -5
I typically leave my batteries on and the charger on all the time while on shore power.
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Post by gofast24 on Jul 5, 2020 10:24:24 GMT -5
colb ...what kind of boat do you have. If you have shore power plugged in, you normally would turn both house and engine batteries off while the shore power can power the battery charger as long as you have it turned on at your breaker panel. The OP indicated his boat in his salutation. Thanks OP! |
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Post by gofast24 on Jul 5, 2020 10:41:39 GMT -5
colb ...what kind of boat do you have. If you have shore power plugged in, you normally would turn both house and engine batteries off while the shore power can power the battery charger as long as you have it turned on at your breaker panel. Sorry, OP should leave all batteries main switches "ON" especially if on shore power and house /starting batteries connected . The battery charger will keep all batteries charged including house battery, if equipped, vs. letting them slowly discharge via some parasitic loads. My suggestion is to turn off all DC breakers other than fridge (If both AC and DC powered) ,cabin lights and any other small DC powered items.. Main items to have off when leaving boat is the fresh water pump,DC toilets and stereo. Small load like Smart Phone charger etc can be on. We have a small solid state dehumidifier tht runs off a galley AC receptacle and we leave that on and all AC cabin outlets on. This unit removes about 90% of humidity and we dont really need either of the two AC units to run all week to keep cabin dehumidified. |
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Post by colb on Jul 9, 2020 21:07:03 GMT -5
thanks for all your help, much appreciated.
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Post by gofast24 on Jul 10, 2020 10:07:06 GMT -5
Can you take a good hi res full screen picture of you cabin breaker panel? Then we can see what breakers (AC and DC) you have and what they might be controlling? If you have a fridge and it is only DC then leave that DC breaker on but with house battery charger on on AC shore power, that will run the fridge if you leave it on all week! Most likely sump pump(s) and bilge pumps stay house/starting battery powered regardless of what breaker you have on or off.
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