[Rhodes22-list] The magic of electricity

[John Lock]

I guess the first thing you need to figure out is whether the battery  
has lost its charge or the juice is just not getting out to the  
panel.  Swap the batteries and see if the engine will start.  If not,  
something is draining the battery.  If so, you've got a live circuit  
draining it someplace (or a defective battery).

Cheers!
John Lock
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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On Sep 8, 2009, at 12:34, BenCittadino wrote:
> Mike;
>
> You may recall that the last "problem" I had was an engine that  
> stalled out
> which turned out to be caused by my failure to open the gas tank vent.
>
> Before I asked Stan for warrenty service I wanted to eliminate the  
> "moron
> factor"(me). So I thought I would try to a least learn enough to be  
> able to
> say I had tried all the reasonable self-help measures. If it turns  
> out to be
> a warranty issue I am still under warranty and I know where to go  
> for that.
>
> Serves me right though; I just got done telling Rich Anderson how  
> painless
> my boat has been so I tempted the gods, and have no one to blame but  
> myself.
>
> Thanks for all the ideas so far guys.
>
> BenC
>
>
>
> R22MikeW wrote:
>>
>> Ben,
>>
>> Didn't your '08 come with a warranty?  I think that you need to  
>> direct
>> your
>> questions about a failed battery (or two) within the first year of
>> operation
>> to Stan.
>>
>> Mike
>> s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
>>       Nissequogue River, NY
>>
>> From: "BenCittadino" Monday, September 07, 2009 10:12 PM
>>> Two great days of sailing this past week. Hit 5.6 knots over the  
>>> ground
>>> and
>>> buried the rail once (a little scary, are you sure this thing won't
>>> capsize???).
>>>
>>> Anyhow, the engine starts like a dream (I have electric start and  
>>> motor
>>> lift) and purrs like a kitten. HOWEVER, nothing else electrical  
>>> works on
>>> the
>>> boat all of a sudden. I have a '93, recycled '08 and it has two
>>> batteries.
>>> I
>>> have the electrical panel high on the starboard bulkhead inside the
>>> cabin.
>>> I
>>> also have two factory installed solar panels. Last summer, and up  
>>> until
>>> today the switches on the panel could be switched to energize the  
>>> depth
>>> finder, cabin lights, macerator (test only), radio, etc.
>>>
>>> Now to be frank I know nothing else about the electrical system on  
>>> this
>>> boat. I have no electrical test gear and will undoubtedly have a  
>>> marine
>>> electrician look at it. However I would like to give the tech some
>>> information about how this boat is wired. Is there an electrical  
>>> diagram
>>> somewhere? Which battery energizes which stuff? Where do the wires  
>>> go
>>> when
>>> they leave the battery compartments? Which battery or batteries are
>>> charged
>>> by the solar panels? I let her sit idle more than a week or two  
>>> sometimes
>>> and never have a problem with the lift or electric start, but the  
>>> dinky
>>> little items on the other circuit seem to drain that battery pretty
>>> readily.
>>> Are there known issues I should alert the tech to with this set-up?
>>>
>>> I recall now the boatyard where I put my boat up last winter had to
>>> replace
>>> a battery (I don't even know for sure which one) upon launching this
>>> summer
>>> and I think it was the one that has failed now (forward?).
>>>
>>> I guess what I am asking is whether there is an archive entry or  
>>> another
>>> document that will start me on the road to undstanding the  
>>> electrical
>>> system
>>> on this boat.
>>>
>>> Thanks;
>>>
>>> Ben C
>>> SV Susan Kay
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