12-Volt Dc System; Batteries; Battery Switch; Fuses & Circuit Breakers - Bayliner 285 Cruiser Owner's Manual

285 • Owner's Manual Supplement

12-Volt DC System

Batteries

• The batteries supply electricity for lights, 12-volt accessories, and engine starting.
• The Electrical section of Chapter 8 in the Cruiser & Yacht Owner's Manual provides battery care and
maintenance instructions.

Battery Switch

SHOCK and ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DAMAGE HAZARD!
When the engine is running, NEVER turn Off the battery switch or disconnect the bat-
tery cables. Doing either could cause damage to your boat's engine and/or electrical
system.
Make sure your selling dealer fully explains how to use the battery switch.
• Standby-loads, such as the
automatic bilge pumps and
the stereo memory, are not
affected by the battery switch
since they are wired directly
to the battery (see the Wiring
Diagrams section of this
chapter for more details).
• Turn the battery switch to the
Off position whenever your
boat will be unoccupied for
long periods of time.
Fuses & Circuit Breakers
• Circuit breakers for the engine and main accessory power are on the 12-volt DC push-to-reset circuit breaker
panel and the battery switch panel.
• Some equipment may have secondary fuse protection at the unit, behind the battery switch panel, or at
the batteries.
• For the locations of the battery switch panel and the 12-volt DC push-to-reset circuit breakers, see the Component
Locations section of Chapter 2 in this supplement.
! CAUTION
NOTICE
BATTERY
SWITCH
Chapter 12: Electrical System
12-VOLT DC STAND-
BY LOADS PUSH-TO-
RESET CIRCUIT BREAKERS
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