12-Volt Dc System; Batteries - Bayliner 325 Cruiser Owner's Manual

325 • Owner's Manual Supplement

12-Volt DC System

Batteries

• The batteries supply electricity for lights, 12-volt accessories, engine starting and, if equipped, generator starting.
• The Electrical section of Chapter 8 in the Cruiser & Yacht Owner's Manual provides battery care and mainte-
nance instructions.
Battery Switches
SHOCK and ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DAMAGE HAZARD!
When the engines are running, NEVER turn Off the main battery switches or discon-
nect the battery cables. Doing either could cause damage to your boat's engines and/or
electrical system components.
Make sure your selling dealer fully explains how to use the battery switches.
• A separate battery switch is
provided for each battery
(or battery bank).
• Standby-loads, such as the
automatic bilge pumps and
the stereo memory, are not
affected by the battery
switches since they are
wired directly to the batter-
ies (see the Wiring Dia-
grams section of this
chapter for more details).
• Turn the battery switches
Off whenever your boat
will be unoccupied for long
periods of time.
• If an engine will not start
because of a dead battery,
the emergency battery par-
allel switch allows you to
use the other batteries for
engine starting.
! CAUTION
NOTICE
PORT ENGINE &
GENERATOR (IF EQUIPPED)
STARTING BATTERY SWITCH
PARALLEL SWITCH
STARBOARD ENGINE
STARTING BATTERY &
HOUSE BATTERY
BANK SWITCH
PORT
START
EMERG
PARALLEL
STBD
START
Chapter 12: Electrical System
12-VOLT DC
MAIN CIRCUIT
BREAKER SWITCH
12-VOLT DC STAND-BY
LOAD PUSH-TO-RESET
CIRCUIT BREAKERS
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