[C320-list] battery/charger issue

[hcreech at comcast.net]

Chris, 
If your charger is a ProMariner that is definitely the problem. this has been reported many times here. I originally had a ProMariner on my 99' boat, it was noisy and fried batteries without notice. Switch it for a Xantrex and never had another problem, you can't hear a thing. 

Herb Creech 
Cloud Chaser 606 




----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Descher" <cdescher at cedtulsa.com> 
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 8:55:21 AM 
Subject: [C320-list] battery/charger issue 

This weekend I noticed a bad smell in the boat and thought that it might be 
the head. I got a pumpout, but the smell remained. Motoring back to the 
dock I started going through the cabin searching for the source. It turned 
out to be the 4D house battery. The acid was boiling out, and it took more 
than an hour for it to cool down enough that I could disconnect and remove 
it. This battery is less than two years old, and I've always maintained the 
liquid level. The boat is a 1998 model, and I still have the original 
charger. Any guesses as to whether this was a battery problem or a charger 
problem? The starting battery seems to be fine. 

Chris Descher 
#500