PDQ Yachts 36 Capella Owner's Manual page 17

switches. Either motor will charge the house batteries when they are switched on at the
battery switch.
Caution: If you impose a heavy demand on the battery bank for a long
time, you will exhaust the battery power.
therefore make a habit of using only one set of batteries at a
time, If one set is exhausted, the other may be available.
The electrical system uses a common ground. Schematics of the system and details of
the equipment are provided in the Appendix and the Owner's kit.
Auxiliary Engine Start Batteries
In the Classic, the outboard motors share one starting battery located ahead of the port
outboard. A charge isolator is used to control the input to this battery.
In the LRC, the two start batteries are located in the port and starboard lockers. A
"combiner" provides automatic battery switching between multiple charging sources
and batteries, according to the availability of the sources, and the state of charge of the
batteries.
Caution: When servicing the engine start batteries, the local switches
will be turned "OFF". The combiner must also be turned
"OFF" at the combiner, in order to de-energize the wiring
to the battery switch. Safety precautions must be observed
when working around batteries, because of the presence of
acid and hydrogen.
Meters
Voltage and current meters are provided, which can be used to monitor the
status of the circuits, especially when troubleshooting. Generally, a fully
charged battery will indicate approximately 12.8 volts with no load connected.
While charging, the voltage will be in the range 13.8 to 14.2 volts.
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