Hello,
Was late getting my boat out of storage and only got it ran up yesterday. I noticed that it seems to be putting out a little too much on the alternator. Granted, I never took it out on the water to see if it would drop off, however, I am looking to see what other's experience have been.
I have owned this boat for the last 7 years, and have not changed what I have done. Yesterday, I pulled the boat out of the shop and installed the battery. Cleaned all the cables, and started it up. It ran well, however I noticed at first it ready about 15v on the gauge on the dash. I put a voltage meter on the battery and in was reading around 12.6. I thought no big deal, and cleaned the cables again and tightened them down. Then restarted and the meter when to about 14.5V. Both on the gauge and on the battery. I let it run on the muffs until it warmed up to the point that the thermostat opened. never say it start to go down. The battery measured 13.1V with the engine off.
What have others seen? I am thinking the next step is to take it out on the lake for a bit and run it and see if it drops down. It may be that the battery could be a little bit low, I did not check to see the water level in it. but to me this is a shade high......
Was late getting my boat out of storage and only got it ran up yesterday. I noticed that it seems to be putting out a little too much on the alternator. Granted, I never took it out on the water to see if it would drop off, however, I am looking to see what other's experience have been.
I have owned this boat for the last 7 years, and have not changed what I have done. Yesterday, I pulled the boat out of the shop and installed the battery. Cleaned all the cables, and started it up. It ran well, however I noticed at first it ready about 15v on the gauge on the dash. I put a voltage meter on the battery and in was reading around 12.6. I thought no big deal, and cleaned the cables again and tightened them down. Then restarted and the meter when to about 14.5V. Both on the gauge and on the battery. I let it run on the muffs until it warmed up to the point that the thermostat opened. never say it start to go down. The battery measured 13.1V with the engine off.
What have others seen? I am thinking the next step is to take it out on the lake for a bit and run it and see if it drops down. It may be that the battery could be a little bit low, I did not check to see the water level in it. but to me this is a shade high......
