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84 3607 Aft Caabin - no DC ?
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- Scurvy Dog
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84 3607 Aft Caabin - no DC ?
I went to the circuit breaker panel and reset both of the Main DC CBs. Then I ensured that all of my DC CBs were on. I tested many other DC devices (salon lights, helm panel lights, engine room blower, windlass, etc). Nothing. Nothing that is DC appears to be working.
The only except are the 2 x voltmeters, one at each helm station. Both function and both report that I have 14 volts our of each battery. Batteries were new in 2022
It "acts" like there is a master DC circuit breaker that is tripped.
Any ideas?
- Merkinbrumsky
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Re: 84 3607 Aft Caabin - no DC ?
- Merkinbrumsky
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Re: 84 3607 Aft Caabin - no DC ?
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Re: 84 3607 Aft Caabin - no DC ?
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Re: 84 3607 Aft Caabin - no DC ?
It's good to plug in to shore power while you go out and check on or work on the boat in storage, so that the charger will "top off" the batteries while you're working. You don't really NEED to plug in though to have 12VDC power.
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