[C320-list] Battery Help / Confused ?

[Chris Burti]

Joe, I think the most logical deduction is that a PO rewired the selector
switch to separate the batteries into a house battery and a starting
battery. yoy an use a test light or a multimeter ot test the circuits and
confirm.

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Joe Abbagnaro <jabbagna at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have a 1999 320 Hull 574, I bought the boat from the original owner.
> It has 2 Batteries , NO Dedicated start battery. So I am pretty confident
> the wiring is original from the factory. Both batteries are reading
> about 12.4 volts but I have no way to load test them. My problem has
> me confused.
>
> 1)  Select battery 1 Engine starts but no other accessories will work.
>      If I turn on the map light it comes on at less than half light
> than fades off after a second or so
>       to no light at all. Almost looks like  a feed back condition
> through the light.
>
> 2) Select Battery 2 Engine will NOTt start,  but all the Accessories
> will work when powered on.
>
> 3)  Select ALL and Engine starts all Accessories work.
>
> Do I have a bad Battery, or possibly a Bad selector switch.
>
> Joe
>



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Chris Burti
Farmville, NC