[C38] Electrical Problem

[Steve Smolinske]

Attached is the article I wrote for mainsheets (plagiarizing large
amounts of Tom's article) along with my schematics and Tom's schematics.
I ended up in the end upgrading the alternator, pulling out all of the
boats wiring and replacing everything with oversized marine grade
wiring, this included pulling all the engine wiring and replacing with
direct runs rather than a harness or bus bar.  One change in my
schematic was the inclusion of 100 amp fuses at each terminal of the ACR
7610 charging relays, Tom mentioned in his post to be sure to put heavy
fuses at the alternator and battery ends, I originally overlooked that
and that is why it is not included on the schematic.  It is an ABYC
requirement.   

 

Steve

 

 

From: Listserve [mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of
fleet2001 at aol.com
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2014 4:39 AM
To: listserve at catalina38.org
Subject: [C38] Electrical Problem

 

Guys,

 

I need some electrical advice.  My boat "Merriconeag" hull# 138 has
about a 
2amp drain in the engine compartment.  I think I should replace the
trailer type 
harness with a bus bar. Also, possibly replacing the ammeter with a volt
meter. 
I have to switch the engine battery switch to off when I shut the engine
off or 
the battery will drain power. Help.
Thanks

 

Rich Grassia

 

fleet2001 at aol.com 

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