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Electrical System
The batteries should be of the size and capacity
recommended by the manufacturer of your en-
gines. These specications should be considered
the minimum size battery required. Consider
increasing the capacity of the batteries if you will
be trolling, drift shing or have extensive electron-
ics on board. Larger batteries will give you ad-
ditional capacity to operate the baitwell, livewell,
DC accessories and electronics at low speed when
the charging system output from the engines is
minimal. Refer to the engine owner’s manual for
additional information on the battery requirements
for your engines.
Batteries and Battery Switches
Twin Engine Boats
Twin engine boats are equipped with four batteries
located in battery boxes in the systems compart-
ment which is below a hatch in the cockpit sole.
One for each engine and two in parallel for the
house and electronics circuits.
There are three remotely activated battery switch-
es and two remotely activated emergency parallel
switches located in the panel near the batteries.
The remote battery switches and emergency par-
allel switches are activated by special switches
in the helm switch panel. Each battery or the
emergency parallel switch has a manual override
that can activate (enable) or deactivate (disable)
Battery Switches, Emergency Parallel Switches, PT & STBD Voltage Sensitive Relays,
Main Circuit Breakers and Continuous Power Fuse Panel
the switch if the remote switch or relay fails. The
manual override is a yellow knob on each battery
switch that can be pressed to manually activate
the switch or rotated to reactivate remote activa-
tion of the switch or to lockout the switch in the
OFF position when servicing the electrical system.
The normal operating position for each switch is
the “Enabled” Position. Refer to the instructions
printed on each switch and/or the battery switch
operating manual for additional information on
the remotely activated switches.
Triple Engine Boats
Triple engine boats are equipped with four bat-
teries located in battery boxes in the systems
compartment which is below a hatch in the cockpit
sole. One battery for the port engine, one bat-
tery for the starboard engine and two batteries in
parallel for the center engine and the house and
electronics circuits.
There are four remotely activated battery switches
and two remotely activated emergency parallel
switches located in the panel near the batteries.
The remote battery switches and emergency par-
allel switches are activated by special switches
in the helm switch panel. Each battery or emer-
gency parallel switch has a manual override that
can activate (enable) or deactivate (disable) the
switch if the remote switch or relay fails. The
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