PURSUIT OS 375, Owner'S Manual

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equipped with an ammeter to monitor charging. See the battery charger manual for more information.
Water Heater:
Supplies electrical current directly to the water heater circuit. The water temperature is automatically
controlled by a thermostat in the water heater control panel. Before operation, you must have water in the
water heater (see the water heater manual for more information).
Cockpit Grill:
Supplies electrical current to the cockpit grill. This breaker should ONLY be on when the grill is being used.
See the grill manual for more information.
Stove:
Supplies electrical current directly to the galley stove. See the stove manual for more information.
120 Volt Circuits (Domestic Only):
Microwave:
Supplies AC current directly to the microwave oven. See the microwave manual for more information.
Outlets:
Supplies electrical current to the cabin electrical outlets. AC electrical outlets are provided with ground fault
interrupters (GFI) to protect against electric shock. These outlets should be tested periodically to ensure
proper operation by pressing the test/reset buttons in the center of the face plate. GFI outlets do not protect
against short circuits and overloads. This is done by the outlet breakers on the AC panel.
GFI OUTLETS DO NOT PROVIDE 100% PROTECTION FROM ELECTRIC SHOCK.
EVEN THOUGH GROUND FAULT INTERRUPTERS PROVIDE PROTECTION BY RE-
DUCING EXPOSURE TIME FROM LINE TO GROUND SHOCK HAZARDS, IT IS STILL
POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE AN ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM DEFECTIVE APPLIANCES OR
POWER TOOLS AND MISUSED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
4.6 Battery Charger Operation
Your boat is equipped with two battery chargers. The forty amp charger charges the house, electronics and
bow thruster batteries and is calibrated to provide the proper charge levels for AGM batteries. The twenty
amp charger maintains the engine batteries and is calibrated to provide the proper charge levels for lead acid
batteries. Changing the battery specification will require recalibration of the battery chargers. The battery
chargers are located under the mid berth settee.
At dockside, when the boat is connected to shore power, the battery chargers maintain the charge on the house,
electronics and bow thruster batteries. When operating on the generator, the house battery charger must be
on to maintain charge to the batteries. The generator charging system does not generate enough current to
keep up with the electrical demand of the house and electronics batteries.
The wires that supply DC charging current to the batteries are protected by an internal fuse in the battery
chargers and three circuit breakers, one for each battery bank output wire. The breakers protect the DC
charging circuit from the batteries to the charger. They are located on the MDP. Push to reset the breakers.
The internal fuses in the charger protect the DC charging circuit from the charger to the batteries.