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electrical breaker problem
at night while running nav lights, gps , and a couple other things my breakers pops, then i have to wait to reset it , after resetting it a couple minutes later it pops again just to start all over again. any reason why this is happening and how can i fix it , the breaker is 40 amp
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Re: electrical breaker problem
None of that stuff would blow a 40AMP breaker. Could be bad breaker. Unless you have a bad refrig compressor it's the main breaker.
Try that
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Re: electrical breaker problem
thanks frank ill try to replace that and see what happens ,
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Re: electrical breaker problem
if anyone can answer this question for me , i bought the new breaker but to cold out side to put it in . so with that being said .....could i be blowing my breaker because im running both batteries ? i have a perko switch that allow batt 1 or batt 2...or both ....usually i have on both ! which i have read is not good either ....but can running on both send to much amperage through the system to blow a breaker ? im going to replace the breaker anyway just because the old one is corroded .. but also thinking about the overload on dc system!
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Re: electrical breaker problem
Having two batteries in parallel is not going to overload your system. However having 2 batteries in parallel in general is not great idea because if one battery is weak it is going to drain the other. The best thing to do is isolate your batteries so they charge and discharge independent of one and other. Typical set up is a starting battery which is 100% dedicated to starting the engines and a house battery which is used to power your electronics. Theory here is that if your electronics run down the house battery no big deal since you still have the starting battery to start the engine.
Some boats are wired with parallel switches which allow you to temporarily parallel batteries together. This way if the battery you have dedicated to starting the boat is weak or run down you could temporarily parallel it with the house battery and start the boat.
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Re: electrical breaker problem
ok ill probraly replace the breaker then try and figure out what is cause it to trip , if it trips at all ....did know if the batteries running together would trip it or not
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