6.5 BATTERY BREAKER PANEL

The panel is located inside the starboard-side cabinet in the cockpit.
The panel contains the control buttons for the electric battery disconnect switches (each with a green LED) which activate:

• Button to enable service battery buttons;
• Service batteries;
• Parallel connection between engine and service batteries;
• Engine batteries.

When the led are lit the batteries are operating, in order to disconnect them press again the buttons (LED OFF).
If the electrical battery-disconnect switches should fail, it is possible to use the services battery direct manual breaker installed on the forward engine room bulkhead electrical panel.
The manual generator battery cut-OFF switch is located in the engine room near the generator.

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.

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

CAUTION

This connection must be activated only if the engine batteries are not sufficiently charged. The battery parallel connection switch, must be activated only with buttons connecting the service battery banks and the engine banks set to ON.

• Engine batteries breaker
  This switch allows cutting in or out the engine battery set.
• Generator battery cut-OFF switch
  Allows the generator to be engaged or disengaged.

• Safety systems and gangway battery cut-OFF switches
  Allows the bilge pumps, alarms and gangway to be to engaged or disengaged.
• Stern thruster battery cut-OFF switch
  Allows the stern thruster to be powered or not powered.
• Bow thruster battery cut-OFF switch
  Allows the bow thruster to be powered or not powered.