Any of you out there with a factory electrical system on your recent vintage 17 could save me a lot of time and aggravation. My lights all work, but the auxiliary receptacle will not run a spotlight (although it reads battery voltage on a VOM), and the center terminal is negative rather than positive. This is unprecedented on any 12 VDC system I have seen. Is it more likely that the battery was hooked up backwards, or that the receptacle was improperly wired. And what's with the inability to handle any current? Needless to say, comments will be appreciated, and all my electricity to charge the battery is "green" from the hydro plant a mile away. Tom Jenkins 2004 M17 Scintilla
Tom...Just switch the wires on the back of the 12 volt outlet plug. Easy to do. Also, what is the AMP draw of that Spotlight..? It may be over the 8 amps the 12 volt outlet has. Are you sure your house battery is fully charged.? Bob
From: tjenk@gte.net To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 18:07:36 -0700 Subject: M_Boats: 17 electricals
Any of you out there with a factory electrical system on your recent vintage 17 could save me a lot of time and aggravation. My lights all work, but the auxiliary receptacle will not run a spotlight (although it reads battery voltage on a VOM), and the center terminal is negative rather than positive. This is unprecedented on any 12 VDC system I have seen. Is it more likely that the battery was hooked up backwards, or that the receptacle was improperly wired. And what's with the inability to handle any current? Needless to say, comments will be appreciated, and all my electricity to charge the battery is "green" from the hydro plant a mile away.
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Thanks for the suggestion, Bob. Since it is a big sucker, I will clip the emergency spotlight directly to the battery terminals and all will be well. A blender draws only 7 amps, so the 8 amp receptacle is adequate for the important stuff. Incidentally, congrats for the nice electrical system. Now that I have seen the details, I appreciate the design and execution. Tom Jenkins M17 Scintilla ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob From California" <ocean37@hotmail.com> To: "Monty Listserver" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 6:33 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: 17 electricals
Tom...Just switch the wires on the back of the 12 volt outlet plug. Easy to do.
Also, what is the AMP draw of that Spotlight..? It may be over the 8 amps the 12 volt outlet has.
Are you sure your house battery is fully charged.?
Bob
From: tjenk@gte.net To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 18:07:36 -0700 Subject: M_Boats: 17 electricals
Any of you out there with a factory electrical system on your recent vintage 17 could save me a lot of time and aggravation. My lights all work, but the auxiliary receptacle will not run a spotlight (although it reads battery voltage on a VOM), and the center terminal is negative rather than positive. This is unprecedented on any 12 VDC system I have seen. Is it more likely that the battery was hooked up backwards, or that the receptacle was improperly wired. And what's with the inability to handle any current? Needless to say, comments will be appreciated, and all my electricity to charge the battery is "green" from the hydro plant a mile away.
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