PDQ Yachts 36 Capella Owner's Manual page 54

No electricity – no DC power
No AC power
PDQ 36 Capella - Owner's Manual
Troubleshooting 7-12
Check the main breaker for DC power at
the electrical panel. Indicator light should
be glowing brightly. If this is not on,
check the battery switch. Turn one or
more batteries on. Check panel supply
fuse.
Check battery levels at electrical panel. If
power is low, change to another battery or
use emergency parallel switch to connect
the discharged batteries
(battery location,
information, Section 4-2)
If you are at the dock and plugged into
shore power, check your connections. A
heavy load on the batteries can quickly
exhaust them. Also, if the shore power
fails, the optional inverter will take over
the supply of AC power by drawing from
the batteries. This will quickly exhaust
any connected batteries
Check the AC power switch on the main
electrical panel. The AC indicator light
should be brightly lit. If the light is dim,
the shore power has failed or you are
drawing AC power from the batteries via
the optional inverter.
devices and re-establishing shore power
or your batteries will quickly exhaust.
Check connections at the vessel and shore
ends. Plugs should be in and locked at
both ends.
Check on/off switch or indicator lights (if
any) at shore supply. If shore supply is a
ground Fault Interrupter (GFI), press the
Test button. If the Reset button does not
pop out, press the reset button and try the
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in parallel
and electrical
Turn off AC