[C320-list] Novice questions

[Jeffrey Hare]

Hi Jim,

  On your year of boat, the light may burn out.  If you have AC power
through the outlets, then the light is out and can be ordered through
Seaward.  (http://www.seawardproducts.com/)

As for the Accessories,  take a look at your owner's manual for the
schematics (if you have one).  It's a good exercise to read these because
it'll give you a good idea of how to diagnose the electrical system in a
hurry.

Shortly, there may be owners's manuals available on the website to C320
owners, but there are copyright issues that need to be handled first.

-JeffH

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim DeLong [mailto:jdelong3 at neo.rr.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:29 AM
To: c320-list at catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] Novice questions




> Just reciently acquired hull #453 and am slowly trying to learn the boat.
>
> Previous 'big boat' sailing has been on 38 ft. plus boats that had 
> redundant AC/DC pannels.
> The AC pannel on this 320 only has switches for accessories (which 
> ones??), battery charger, water heater, and ??? isn't there another 
> one?
>
> It seems on this older 320, when at the dock on AC, I need to run the 
> nav station, VHS, GPS, CD/radio, lights etc. on the battery. Assume 
> the A/C is charging the battery as this stuff runs. The 
> Aircon/dehumidifier unit runs on AC directly without going through the
batteries.
>
>
> I've never seen teh AC service light come on, or the DC service light. 
> Is it common for these to fail? If so, is the replacement easy?
>
> Any help undrestandint the operation of this system will be appreciated!
>
> Thanks,  Jim
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