Hunter 50CC - DC Electric; The DC Electrical System

Hu
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r
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• D
C
Electric
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1. SHORE POWER
2. SHORE POWER BREAKER (ON SIDE OF BUNK)
3. ISOLATION TRANSFORMER (IN THE BUNK)
4. SECONDARY TRANSFORMER BREAKER (IN THE BUNK)
5 OPTIONAL GENERATOR (LOCATES IN ENGINE BOX UPPER CABINET)
6. ENGINE START BATTERY (IN BILGE COMPARTMENT)
7. AC DISTRIBUTION BOX (NAV STATION LOWER CABINET)
8. DC DISTRIBUTION BOX (NAV STATION LOWER CABINET)
9. AC/DC CONTROL PANEL (NAV STATION)
10. HOUSE BATTERIES
11. OPTIONAL INVERTER
12. HOUSE BATTERY BANK 300A FUSE
13. BATTERY SELECTOR SWITCH PANEL
THE BATTERY CHARGER IS
FOR YOUR BATTERY TYPE
BE SURE THE BATTERY
SELECTOR SWITCH ON
IN THE PROPER POSITION
NOTE:
D
C Electric S
y
stem
s
This section will provide
y
ou with the information necessar
y
to understand and operate
y
our D
C
Electrical
Sy
stems.
It is not the scope of this manual to educate
y
ou on repair,
o
r extendin
g
the electrical s
y
stem. We cannot educate
y
ou in the principals of basic electricit
y
. The scope of
y
our
manual is to provide
y
ou with the basic information
y
ou
will need
f
or sa
f
et
y
, operation, and maintenance o
f
these
s
y
stems.
There are two main cate
g
ories, the D
C
Electrical s
y
stem
and the AC Electrical s
y
stems. These are two entirel
y
different s
y
stems thou
g
h in lots of areas one dependant
o
n th
e
o
th
e
r.
F
rom t
h
at po
i
nt we w
ill
su
bdi
v
id
e t
h
e ma
i
n cate
g
or
i
es
into sections be
g
innin
g
with the source o
f
the power
and continuin
g
throu
g
hout the s
y
stem to the component
b
ase
d
i
n t
h
e s
y
stems c
i
rcu
i
tr
y
.
R
emem
b
er w
i
t
hi
n eac
h
main s
y
stem are man
y
sub-s
y
stems or circuits. These
will be outlined as best as we can
f
rom be
g
innin
g
to end.
WARNING
! !
D
o not rel
y
on the information in this manual as a re-
p
a
i
r
g
u
id
e, as a
l
wa
y
s on
ly
competent e
l
ectr
i
ca
l
ser-
v
ice personnel should attempt to repair an
y
electri-
c
al equipment or extension of the electrical s
y
stems.
T
o
d
o so wou
ld
r
i
s
k
e
l
ectr
i
ca
l
s
h
oc
k
, or
d
ama
g
e to
t
he boats s
y
stems or components.
7.1 The DC Electrical S
y
ste
m
The D
C
Sy
stem consists o
f
the
f
ollowin
g
s
y
stems or
c
omponents
:
B
a
tt
e
ri
es
Batter
y
Switches
Mai
n
Pa
n
el
Li
g
htin
g
P
umps
Dis
tr
ibu
t
io
n
Pa
n
el
O
il
C
han
g
er
(O
ption
)
S
hower Sum
p
Wi
n
dlass
G
enerator
S
tarte
r
En
g
ine Starters
H
ead Com
p
onents
R
e
f
ri
g
erator
/
Freezer
Fresh Water Pum
p
Mace
r
a
t
o
r
CO
Monitors
Ve
ntil
a
ti
on
Entertainment Centers
Fire Extin
g
uishin
g
Sy
stem
Th
rou
gh
out t
hi
s sect
i
on, t
h
e components w
ill
b
e sepa-
rated into cate
g
ories o
f
Power
S
uppl
y
and related com-
ponents such as switches, breakers,
f
uses, panels, char-
g
ers,
g
roun
di
n
g
an
d
b
on
di
n
g
, t
h
e components t
h
at are
powered b
y
the D
C
electrical s
y
stem, and
f
inall
y
opera-
tions and su
gg
estions
f
or control or usa
g
e o
f
the s
y
stems
o
r components. At the end of the section,
y
ou will find a
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