Question:
if someone knows or has owners manuel for carver mariner 77 just brought
boat and many things not sure about would like to know whats best
position for battery settings when on shore power does inventor charge
system when on shor power if you own a boat like this would like to pick
brain
Answer:
-On a boat of this vintage, your best bet is to trace down the wires and do some
testing with the voltmeter. This old and things may very well have been changed
from the way they were from the factory. In most cases, the batteries will be
charged by the shore power regardless of the switch position, but I couldn't
tell you that a a definite unless I was looking at the system.
http://hometown.aol.com/hlaviation/
-I suspect that electrical and plumbing systems on a boat of that
vintage will bear very little relationship to that described in the
original owner's manual.
As HLAviation says, you will have to trace wiring, locate manuals for
the various pieces of equipment (were inverters common (or even
available) on boats in 1977?), and generally create your own manual
for the boat as it is at present.
Some inverters do also act as battery chargers, but many do not - you
would have to consult the inverter manual. The inverter, even it is
was original equipment, would not have been a Carver product - they
would buy it from Heart Interface (or other maker), and should have
provided the maker's manual.
You might want to contact the previous owner to see if he has any
equipment manuals, and/or if he can familiarize you with the boat as
it is now.
