Hunter 50 - Emergency Operations (Low Battery, Fire)

Hu
nt
e
r
50
• Gettin
g
Underwa
y
1
3
.
7
e
mer
g
enc
y
procedures aboard
y
our boat.
Alwa
y
s insure that
y
ou, and all aboard know the outlines
f
or emer
g
enc
y
operations
.
H
ere we will provide
y
ou with some o
f
the basics
f
or
some o
f
the situations
y
ou ma
y
encounter. You ma
y
also
review the Boatin
g
Safet
y
chapter, of this manual
.
1
3.5.1 Low Batter
y
Volta
ge
S
hould
y
ou
f
ind
y
oursel
f
in a position where the start
batter
y
has too low volta
g
e to start the en
g
ine, it is still
poss
ibl
e to start w
i
t
h
para
ll
e
l
start
i
n
g.
P
arallel startin
g
actuall
y
links power
f
rom the house bat-
ter
y
to supp
ly
t
h
e en
gi
ne w
i
t
h
t
h
e
l
ow vo
l
ta
g
e
.
To start an en
g
ine usin
g
parallel startin
g
, simpl
y
hold
d
own t
h
e para
ll
e
l
start
b
utton, w
hil
e
h
o
ldi
n
g
t
h
e para
ll
e
l
start button, pressure the start button
f
or the en
g
ine
.
If
y
ou find that
y
ou have too low volta
g
e in both batteries,
then it will be necessar
y
f
or
y
ou to shut down the en
g
ines
c
ompletel
y
and start
y
our
g
enerator, or connect to shore
power to rec
h
ar
g
e
y
our
b
atter
i
es.
B
e sure an
d
turn on
the batter
y
char
g
er.
WARNING
! !
Char
g
in
g
batteries produces
g
asses which can ex-
p
lode if i
g
nited. Explosion can shatter batter
y
. Bat-
t
er
y
acid can cause severe personal in
j
ur
y
such as
blindness. Keep flame, spark, and smokin
g
materials
a
wa
y
from batteries while char
g
in
g
. Char
g
e in a well
v
entilated area
.
WARNING
! !
Batteries contain Sulfuric Acid and can cause severe
p
ersonal in
j
ur
y
if mishandled. Avoid contact with
ey
es, skin, or clothin
g
. In case of contact, flush with
water at least 15 minutes. If swallowed, drink lar
g
e
quantities of water or Milk of Ma
g
nesia, beaten e
gg
,
or ve
g
etable oil, and
g
et medical attention immedi-
a
te
ly.
1
3.5.2 Fir
e
Your boat has a halon
(
or equivalent
)
f
ire extin
g
uisher
s
y
stem which operates automaticall
y
to extin
g
uish a
f
ire
in the en
g
ine compartment. The s
y
stem has an indicator
li
g
ht on the helm. Movin
g
the switch to N
O
RMAL before
startin
g
the en
g
ines activates the li
g
ht.
C
heck this li
g
ht
e
ver
y
time
y
ou start the en
g
ines. It shows that the s
y
s-
tem
i
s c
h
ar
g
e
d
an
d
rea
dy
to operate.
A loud sound
(
similar to that o
f
small arms
f
ire
)
f
ollowed
b
y
a “rushin
g
” air sound indicates activation of the extin-
g
uisher. I
f
the
g
reen indicator li
g
ht
g
oes out or i
f
y
ou hear
the extin
g
uisher dischar
g
in
g
, proceed as
f
ollows
:
*
Activatin
g
the automatic
f
ire s
y
stem will automaticall
y
shut down the en
g
ine and the
g
enerator.
*
Evacuate all occupied enclosures immediatel
y
. I
f
practi-
c
al, evacuate the boat.
*
D
o
n
o
t r
u
n th
e
b
l
o
w
e
r
s
.
* Do not open the en
g
ine compartment. Allow the halon
f
ire extin
g
uisher to soak the compartment
f
or at least
f
i
f
t
ee
n min
u
t
es.
DANGER
! !
Flash fire eruptin
g
from the en
g
ine compartment
c
an burn
y
ou. Openin
g
the en
g
ine compartment will
feed ox
yg
en to the fire and cause the fire to flash
back. Keep en
g
ine compartment closed for at least
15 minutes after fire extin
g
uisher dischar
g
es.
* Wait for hot metals and fuels to cool before inspectin
g
f
or dama
g
e or cause o
f
f
ire
.
*
O
pen en
g
ine compartment slowl
y
. Have approved por-
table
f
ire extin
g
uisher at hand and read
y
f
or use.
D
o not breathe fumes or vapors caused b
y
fire. HAL
O
N
F
U
ME
S
ARE T
O
XI
C
!