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121805eg c-charger 5000 out of commision
- km1125
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Re: 121805eg c-charger 5000 out of commision
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Re: 121805eg c-charger 5000 out of commision
- there seems to be 4 main load cables but there is a 1-2-BOTH switch which would only control loads from 2 sources. This could be explained though by other loads not going through the selector switch like separate windlass and thruster batteries. This should be clarified
- I trust the bottom battery is NOT the generator battery as usually the generator battery is under the generator and I do see at the very bottom of the pic what looks like the start of a battery or tray. It stood out at first because my thinking was that if the bottom battery was for the generator and being charged by the house charger, it may not be hooked up to the common ground and not being charged as a lot of generators aren't hooked up to DC's common ground. Having said that, I suspect now that it's not the generator battery. If it's a windlass or thruster battery and that negative cable goes directly to the thruster or windlass, it's not being charged because there's no negative connection to the charger unless it's tapped in somewhere else.
- I don't see a paralleling cable joining two batteries in a bank for say house loads, or is one battery for house, one for engines, and one for windlass or thruster? If that's the case, I'd say the house bank is too small for that size boat but it really does come down to your boating habits. Is there a paralleling cable but it's just looped up to the main bundle of cables on the stringer? If so, that would explain a couple of things I mentioned above. They just seem to all be heading aft.
- what is the bundle of small gauge red and white wires for that are left of the middle battery that don't seem to go anywhere?
- I'm sure it's probably just looped over and heads back but under the port engine along the stringer is a red cable that seems to dead end. Where does that go?
- is there a ground cable going directly from one engine to the other or are all negatives going to a common bus bar?
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Re: 121805eg c-charger 5000 out of commision
I have 3 batteries, 2 are on a switch "1, ALL, 2 or OFF". 3rd battery is gen battery, which have never been used last several years, as I never got around getting it to work. but that has it's own on of switch
so the 2 batteries are #1 for engine #2 for house. But current charger is charging all 3.
All 3 batteries are multipurpose deep cycle marine AGM batteries, purchased at NAPA Auto Parts.
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Re: 121805eg c-charger 5000 out of commision
So there are two oem red cable feeds to the other two batteries and the top battery has 3 grounds attached. If their tags are still there then they will be numbered 1 and 2 relating to the main switch position, or should be.
Now generally both engines are tied together across and most cable grounds go to studs mounted to the engine block bell housing area, not all on one battery. They all appear to be tagged.
So anyway that is what I take from that pic.
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Re: 121805eg c-charger 5000 out of commision
Getting back to current status, all is well, except I do need to replace START and GEN battery as they are 5 years old. The HOUSE is new, that I just purchased. Electrician did check everything. Showed charger was installed correctly and is charging correctly. Batteries getting power/charge properly. a week before I had tightened the wires on battery, believe before they were not connecting well. Unfortunately, due to lack of time heading out there, I called and had it checked by electrician. Apparently I fixed the issue by tightening the wiring. So that's good, but now I need to pay for service call that was not needed
So, I winterized it this weekend, won't know till next season if all is grand or some other problem pop up
Thank you all for helpful information, I believe it helped me to troubleshoot and resolve it.
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