[C320-list] Mystery electrical component

[Ted Harrison]

I have hull 424 1997 and no such box exist. 

I will let the more knowledgable give the real answer.

My guess green lights all charging systems good, yellow light alternator not charging 

Ted Harrison

> On Jun 26, 2018, at 9:05 PM, Gene Helfman <genehelfman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Satori (#398, 1997) there's a small ( 3" x 3"?) blue electrical box in
> the shaft area, mounted port side, just ahead of the cooling water valve.
> It has 4 wires leading into it.  Three wires plug in together like the
> lighting attachment on a boat trailer (blue, white, black i think) and the
> third is separate, connecting via a blade on the left.  There are three
> small lights in a vertical row that are green, green, yellow from bottom to
> top.  When I turn on the house battery, the lower green light illuminates.
> When the engine is running, both green lights glow.  I don't remember when
> the yellow light lights.
> 
> What is this box and what is it telling me?  Should it light up when I'm
> plugged into shore power with batteries off?
> 
> thanks
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