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I just bought a 2007 SANTE 220 Last fall. I've noticed it has an issue with the port battery. Seems that battery is not charging at all. There's no corrosion on the terminals. My Amps are all directly wired to this battery. That's how the PO had them ran instead of running the wires back to the battery switch. If I hook my meter to the Port cables I get a very weak trickle charge while the engine is running. I can start the boat on the Starboard battery, switch the selector to port and run for an hour or two and still not be able to crank the boat over on that battery. Take the boat home and hook up the charger and that battery will last for about 2 hours on the water, stereo on, before its dead again.
No issues with the Starboard battery charging and I can't remember the numbers on my meter off my head on both sides either. The engine was just replaced in the boat before I bought it. I've had the battery checked and they say its fine. I'm down to 2 possibilities, bad ground, or bad cables.
How should the ground wires from both battery ports be grounded to the engine? Same spot to have a mutual ground? or different locations on the engine?
Has anyone known or heard of corroded cables on 9 yr old boat? My other boat is an 87 and its still all original.
I just bought a 2007 SANTE 220 Last fall. I've noticed it has an issue with the port battery. Seems that battery is not charging at all. There's no corrosion on the terminals. My Amps are all directly wired to this battery. That's how the PO had them ran instead of running the wires back to the battery switch. If I hook my meter to the Port cables I get a very weak trickle charge while the engine is running. I can start the boat on the Starboard battery, switch the selector to port and run for an hour or two and still not be able to crank the boat over on that battery. Take the boat home and hook up the charger and that battery will last for about 2 hours on the water, stereo on, before its dead again.
No issues with the Starboard battery charging and I can't remember the numbers on my meter off my head on both sides either. The engine was just replaced in the boat before I bought it. I've had the battery checked and they say its fine. I'm down to 2 possibilities, bad ground, or bad cables.
How should the ground wires from both battery ports be grounded to the engine? Same spot to have a mutual ground? or different locations on the engine?
Has anyone known or heard of corroded cables on 9 yr old boat? My other boat is an 87 and its still all original.
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