[C320-list] Mystery electrical component

[Larry Frank]

Definitely a Balmar Regulator.

Larry
C320 #246

On 6/26/18, 8:05 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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