Intro and 1997 325 Aft Cabin Question

[cmeldon]

Hello New Carver Friends!
After 15 years as a Tiara 4000 Express Cruiser owner with twin 420 Cummins Turbo Diesel engines, I come here seeking information for a new friends, new to him, 1997 Carver 325 Aft Cabin with twin 350 Mercury EFI engines.
That being said, I have searched the forums with numerous questions in my head and found similar questions and their responses. There have been modifications to the electrical power system but with out tearing into a new friends, new boat, I was hoping to find the answer here.
The first question I have right now is what was the original battery configuration on the 1997, 325 Aft Cabin with the Pro Mariner 30 Charger set up? The current batteries, (2-old) Duracell SLI27MDC, 705 CA batteries of which neither will start either engine on 1, 2, or both) are behind the Starboard Twin headboard compartment along with the 2+Volt Amp meter and a 2/4 terminal block with the terminations from the charger and a connection to each battery. The Charger is behind the Port Double headboard compartment.
Was it originally one Starting battery for both engines on switch position 1 and one Deep Cycle Battery on switch position 2 for the house? Or what?
Thanks in advance for the answer, which will prompt question 2 in the next post…
CMELDON

[mjk1040]

Most likely they were both starting batteries. U will notice if you have the engines running and have only one battery selected, the dash volt meter will only show one side charging. If you have on both, both volt meters will be registering.
You may want to go to the Craver web site and pull up the parts or operators manual for this model and check it out. Now since he is not the original owner, previous owners may have decided to set up the batteries in a different configuration than the OEM schematic.

[cmeldon]

Finally found my own answer on Carver... the original batteries were deep cycle size 31.