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My switch panel is screwed down and easy to pull up and out

They may all be unrelated, but If the switches are adjacent in your switch panel, it could be a ground issue to those switches. The switch panel should be easy to troubleshoot on the backside. All three of those items get their power from your switch panel. If other items on your switch panel...

Your nomenclature is a bit confusing. Batteries are not port and starboard. They are number one and number two. Switches are port and starboard. I think understanding that issue or configuration may help you with your troubleshooting.

Back to the original post, when you’re looking at your Garmin engine page (assuming it is configured correctly when installed) you’re looking at each engine alternator output to the associated battery switch, not a specific battery. Regardless of the battery that you have selected your starboard...

Battery number one is only the house battery if you have the starboard battery switch set to number one. If you have the starboard battery switch set to battery number two then battery number two is the house battery. The starboard battery switch powers, the house regardless of which battery is...

Normal Grady configuration has the starboard battery switch connected to the house and the starboard engine. The port battery switch is connected only to the port engine and possibly generator. Of course that configuration could be changed, but not likely. I always think of a switch as powering...

The starboard "BATTERY SWITCH" is the house switch and selects whatever battery(s) is powering the house. Don't think of a battery being the house, just a switch.

Given enough data points, the bathtub curve can be derived for most mechanical systems. For instance, an aircraft fuel pump will have a life limit in normal use. We removed and overhauled said pump before reaching the place on the curve where the failure rate starts to increase. When you have a...

Not really worth it in my opinion. A failure would likely cost less than the subscription if you had to pay for it out of pocket.The likelihood of a major failure if the engines are maintained is nearly 0. This from an aeronautical engineer who specialized in failure rates and reliability. Look...

That is strange looking! Almost looks like most of the other components are new or have been recently changed. Never seen an electric motor with that much corrosion. I look a little deeper on that one. Lift cylinder appears to have been repacked. Yellow top is not original I suspect.

Very very nice! Did you have any experience with upholstery prior to this? I have a sailrite machine and have done Canvas, but haven’t done upholstery. How steep is a learning curve?

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Ditto with HMBJack

Fan makes noise on my 07 330

The engineers at Pro Marier recommend a separate charge lead for each battery regardless of their configuration. Think of it this way, the battery is, in effect, a resistor and probably a capacitor/inductor as well. However, the smart chargers can tell the difference. Two resistors in parallel...