[C320-list] Electrical issue

[K L]

One possibility: The bilge pump empties the bilge of water then shuts down. 
The line however, is quite long and retains quite a bid of water, enough in 
fact to fill the bilge to the point that the pump will restart. This water, 
a drop at a time, returns to the bilge. The bilge pump goes back on till the 
bilge is empty, but again the line retains a lot of water. This cycle 
repeats itself and battery 1 gets drained over time. This is how I lost 
battery 1 on my boat.

Ken Danko
#802, Grace
San Francisco



>
>I keep my boat on a mooring and went out to it for the first time 
>yesterday.  The voltmeter on the boat reported less than 12 for battery 1 
>and about 12 for battery 2.  My float switch in the bildge worked only when 
>the battery indicator was on "both".  Also when on battery 1 my vhf had 
>sound but no digital number showed.  When I placed the battery switch on 
>both the vhf reported sound and the number light.
>
>I assumed the marina forgot to charge the batteries before returning them 
>to my boat so I called to have then fix the problem.  They just called and 
>told me that both batteries are reporting 13.5 volts.  Any ideas what is 
>happening?
>
>Sandy Olson
>hull 466
>Cape Cod
>