Hunter 50 - Systems and Components

Hu
nt
e
r
50
• D
C
Electric
7.
5
You can view the parts of the DC side of the main control
panel here
(
Fi
g
. 7.3
)
. Notice the batter
y
selector switch at
the top le
f
t, when switched on the respective volta
g
e o
f
the batter
y
is shown on the ri
g
ht b
y
the di
g
ital volt meter.
I
n
di
cator
ligh
ts are
b
u
il
t
i
nto most sw
i
tc
h
es an
d
a
l
ert
y
ou
that the selected s
y
stem is powered.
Th
e
di
str
ib
ut
i
on pane
l
i
s out
li
ne
d
i
n t
h
e
l
e
g
en
d
s sect
i
on
of
this chapter.
R
efer to the “
Op
erations” section of this cha
p
ter to view
instructions on how to ener
g
ize the separate s
y
stems on
y
our boat.
7.2 S
y
stems and Components
There are man
y
s
y
stems and components on the DC side
o
f
y
our boat from emer
g
enc
y
and safet
y
to entertainment.
These s
y
stems make up the lar
g
est part o
f
y
our electrical
s
y
stem
.
H
ere we will discuss the electrical parts o
f
those s
y
stems
and tr
y
and
g
ive
y
ou a better understandin
g
of the uses
and features of
y
our DC electrical s
y
stems and compo-
nents.
S
ince the lar
g
est part o
f
y
our controls are at the
M
DP, we will start there and run down the s
y
stems and
c
omponents as t
h
e
y
are
li
ste
d
on t
h
e
MDP
.
F
rom t
h
ere,
we will look at the batter
y
switch panel, and
f
inall
y
, the
h
e
lm
co
ntr
o
l
s
.
7.2.1 DC Main
In order to ener
g
ize the DC s
y
stem aboard
y
our boat,
y
ou
must turn the breaker marked
“
D
C
Main”, on the batter
y
switch panel, to the “
O
n” position. This supplies power to
t
h
e rema
i
n
i
n
g
b
rea
k
ers an
d
s
y
stems on t
h
e
di
str
ib
ut
i
on
panel.
7.2.2 Water S
y
stems
The water s
y
stems are outlined in the Water S
y
stems
ch
a
p
ter
i
n t
hi
s manua
l
.
H
owever, t
h
e contro
l
s an
d
monitors
f
or these s
y
stems are all powered b
y
the D
C
E
lectrical s
y
stem.
The water tank monitor as shown in Fi
g
. 7.4 allows
y
ou
to select the tank to monitor the water level in the respec-
t
i
v
e
t
a
n
k
.
The power switch turns the monitor on, then
select the tank
y
ou want to monitor. The
g
au
g
e on
the left will show the amount remainin
g
in the tank.
The waste tanks are also monitored
f
rom this location b
y
selectin
g
numbers six, or seven from selector switch #1
o
n Fi
g
. 7.4.
7.2.3 Refri
g
erator
s
The breaker marked
“
re
f
ri
g
erator”, on the main breaker
p
ane
l
b
e
hi
n
d
t
h
e nav stat
i
on acess
p
ane
l
, su
ppli
es
power to the D
C
powered re
f
ri
g
erator aboard
y
our boat.
S
ee Fi
g
. 7.5
f
or the arran
g
ement la
y
out o
f
this s
y
stem.
Fi
g
.7.
4
Fi
g
.7.5