Everglades 2012 350 LX, Owner'S Manual

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Electrical System
6.3 Batteries and Battery Switches
The DC electrical system on your boat is designed
for Absorbed Glass Mat marine batteries such as
Optima Blue Top batteries. Do not attempt to use
gel cell or wet cell marine batteries. The engine
charging systems are not designed to recharge
these batteries which could cause unusually short
battery life, engine starting problems and damage
to the DC charging systems. Additionally, wet
cell batteries will emit dangerous hydrogen
gas into the aft berth during charging that
can explode causing severe injury to pas-
sengers and damage to the boat.
You should also not mix the size or brand of wet
cell batteries. Always consult your Everglades
dealer before changing the type of batteries in
your boat.
The batteries should be of the size and capacity
recommended by the manufacturer of your en-
gines. These specifications should be considered
the minimum size battery required. Consider
increasing the capacity of the batteries if you will
be trolling, drift fishing or have extensive elec-
tronics on board. Larger batteries will give you
additional capacity to operate the livewell, DC
accessories and electronics at low speed when
the charging system output from the engines is
minimal. Refer to the engine owner’s manual for
Battery Switches, Emergency Parallel Switches, PT & STBD Voltage Sensitive Relays,
Main Circuit Breakers and Continuous Power Fuse Panel
additional information on the battery requirements
for your engines.
Batteries and Battery Switches
Twin Engine Boats
Twin engine boats are equipped with four batter-
ies located in the battery compartment behind
the aft berth in the cabin. One for each engine
and two in parallel for the house, generator and
electronics circuits.
There are three remotely activated battery switch-
es and two remotely activated emergency parallel
switches located in the panel near the batteries.
The remote battery switches and emergency
parallel switch are activated by special switches
in the helm switch panel. Each battery or the
emergency parallel switch has a manual override
that can activate (enable) or deactivate (disable)
the switch if the remote switch or relay fails. The
manual override is a yellow knob on each battery
switch that can be pressed to manually activate
the switch or rotated to reactivate remote activa-
tion of the switch or to lockout the switch in the
OFF position when servicing the electrical system.
The normal operating position for each switch is
the “Enabled” Position. Refer to the instructions
printed on each switch and/or the battery switch
operating manual for additional information on
the remotely activated switches.