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Old 05-30-2011, 06:39 PM   #8
Woodsong
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Vessel Model: Bayliner 4550 Pilothouse
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RE: Loss of all 12V systems!

Flywright,
Please don't tell me you actually expected me to be prepared and have a voltage meter on board and not left at the house from another project!!! And of all the luck- to my utter surprise, basically almost every boat on our very large dock was out on the water or vacant! your theory sounds very plausable though. My house batteries were basically dead when I went to crank the motor. In fact, I had to crank the generator (isolated battery) for 5-10 minutes for the batteries to get charged up enough to crank the engine and then a minute later I started up the windlass. Engine alternator should be fine as we just had it fully rebuilt this winter as it gave up the ghost. I plan on replacing my batteries as it is time- they are from early 2008 and sat for a long time before I bought the boat and are not holding a charge as long as they should.
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