7.6 BATTERY BREAKER PANEL

The battery switch panel (1) is positioned at the entrance of the engine room, accessible from the stern cockpit on the port side.

The panel includes the electrical remote control switches (each with green LEDs) that insert:

2. Services batteries;
3. Parallel connection between engine and services batteries;
4. Engine batteries.

When the LED are ON the batteries are operating, in order to disconnect them press again the buttons (LED OFF).

The battery parallel connection can temporarily be connected also from the main helm station dashboard by means of proper switch.

If the electric battery breaker controls do not operate, you can use the manual battery breaker control buttons, located in the engine room.

CAUTION

Do not disconnect the battery breaker switches with the engines running because the engine alternators might get damaged.

CAUTION

Use the “Services-Engine parallel connection” breaker only if strictly necessary and disconnect it as soon as possible.

CAUTION

The switch parallel services/engines must be used only if the engine batteries are not charged enough.
The switch parallel batteries must be operated only with the switches in banks link button batteries services and engines ON.

1. Batteries breaker
   • This switch allows cutting in or out the user battery set.
2. Services/engine battery parallel connection breaker
   • If the engine batteries are flat or not sufficiently charged, the battery main switch allows the parallel connection between user battery bank and the engine battery bank, to enable the start of the propulsion engines.

CAUTION

Questo deve essere utilizzato solo se le batterie motori non sono sufficientemente cariche. L’interruttore parallelo batterie deve essere azionato solamente con gli interruttori a pulsante di collegamento banchi batterie servizi e motori su ON.

3. Engine batteries breaker
   
   • This switch allows cutting in or out the engine battery set.
4. Generator batteries breaker
   
   • These allow cutting in or out the generator batteries.
5. General battery breaker for battery-powered uses

DANGER

Keep the breaker of the battery-powered uses set to ON. Cut out only in case of maintenance.

6. Battery switch box
   Contains the devices battery master services, engines and parallel services/engines.