[C320-list] Mystery electrical component

[Larry Frank]

Gene,

I am thinking that you may have a Balmar A.R.S III regulator.  Check out
this site: 
www.balmar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ARS-3-Regulator-Manual.pdf.  I
believe it should be blue.

This is an older regulator that may no longer be supported.  I have one that
I used to have installed on WindSwept however I replaced it with a more high
tech version  (MC-614).  I  now carry the ARS III as a spare.

If this looks like what you have I have the complete manual which is 16
pages long and will scan it and email to you if you provide the email
address to use for that purpose.

I cannot say for sure about the lights.  I don¹t think it is normal for all
to be on unless the engine is running and the regulator has gone through its
entire charge cycle.  However I can see one or two situations where the
wiring is not exactly as it should be causing the lights to all be on even
with the battery switch off and the engine not running if the battery
charger is on.  It would be difficult if not impossible to troubleshoot not
being onboard.

Larry
WindSwept
C320#246
From:  Gene Helfman <genehelfman at gmail.com>
Date:  Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 12:06 AM
To:  Larry Frank <WindSwept at stx.rr.com>
Subject:  Re: [C320-list] Mystery electrical component

Larry: thanks.  I went to the Balmar site but only found information on
newer and more complex models (digital read-outs, rather than 3 lights).
Vexing question is whether the charge lights should come on when I'm hooked
to shore power with batteries off.  Any idea?

On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 8:27 PM, Larry Frank <WindSwept at stx.rr.com> wrote:
> 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
>> >-- 
>> >Gene Helfman, Professor Emeritus
>> >Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
>> >PERMANENT address:
>> >    498 Shoreland Dr., Lopez Is., WA 98261
>> >    (360) 468-2136
>> >    genehelfman at gmail.com
>> >
>> >*I'm a mad scientist.  And I'm growing madder with each passing day.*
> 
> 



-- 
Gene Helfman, Professor Emeritus
Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
PERMANENT address:
    498 Shoreland Dr., Lopez Is., WA 98261
    (360) 468-2136
    genehelfman at gmail.com


I'm a mad scientist.  And I'm growing madder with each passing day.