David, Sounds like normal growing pains (in the a__). Don't get discouraged.
Glow plugs draw a lot of current. My GPS restarts when I start the engine also. Do you know what alternator/regulator are on the boat? Sounds like a bad sensor. How long since you were last on board? I would imagine the alarm would drain a battery if it were on for a couple weeks. Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 10:04 AM, David Knecht <davidakne...@gmail.com>wrote: > I am beginning to feel that I have bad karma with my new boat. First the > good news: based on all the advice I received, the Universal starting > issue seems definitely fixed- since I cleaned the ground connection, it has > started smoothly every time. The only strange thing is that all the > directions I have read say that you should continue to push the glow plug > button while pushing the start button. However, on mine, the engine will > not turn over unless I release the glow plug button. Also, the GPS > restarts each time I start the engine, which may mean there is still some > electrical issue, but neither is a serious problem at this point. > Also, the black smoke etc. is largely gone since I cleaned the bottom and > prop as best I could. The shaft and prop were completely crusted with > barnacles, so clearly my Pettit zinc coat did not do its job. I may try > Velox next spring based on the advice of a local old timer. > > So yesterday I go went to the boat and found that my #1 battery is > completely dead. This is the battery that is wired for the auto-bilge pump > switch and propane fume alarm (that is all I know of). The batteries are 2 > month old Power-tech AGM group 27's. I could not get much of any charge > after a day of running the engine for a few hours totals. > Questions: > 1. do new batteries fail at some rate? > 2. Will an AGM charge from the alternator if fully discharged? If so, > roughly how long would it take? I brought it home and tried to use my > smart charger and that is not charging it at all (the charging light does > not come on). > Perhaps related- I twice was on the boat briefly during the week and found > the Xintex propane fume alarm going. Both times I checked the propane > system and the tank shutoff was closed and all switches were off. So I > don't believe there were really propane fumes in the cabin. So could the > sensor have failed? Could the alarm going for many many hours drain the > battery (I don't think the bilge pump is doing it). > > > David Knecht > Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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