I have a Hunter 430, 1996 well maintained in very good condition. Took boat out today, sail with perco switch on "1" selected after turning engine off). Put it back on "all" before starting the engine. (Have a separate perko switch that was on "on" for the starter battery.) Boat wouldn't start. Soon after, alarm on nav station goes on (louuud alarm). Engine finally started running, seemed ok, no fire or anything visible, temp on engine ok, batteries reading 14 volts, pressure normal. I thought it could be one of the instruments so I turned all instruments off. Everything on nav station was off and the alarm continued. After a few minutes of running the engine it went off. What in the world was that!!! I don't even know where to start to look. Any help greatly appreciated. (We have a second bilge with alarm but the bilge was dry. Is there an alarm for anything behind the nav station? Thanks for your input.
Alarm on Navigation Station?
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MY quick gut instinct says low voltage alarm. Does the voltmeter actually read off the batteries, or the alternator?
the final solution would be to find the alarm buzzer and trace the wires.
there are a host of alarms on a boat with nav equipment.
Low wind speed
high wind speed
course off by xx degrees while in autopilot wind vane mode
GPS lost it's fix
Autopilot can't hold course or internal fault
cross track error over xx (gps)
shallow water
deep water
anchor dragging
probably not an engine alarm as the motor was off
Carbon Monoxide
at wayboint (gps)
there are a host of alarms on a boat with nav equipment.
Low wind speed
high wind speed
course off by xx degrees while in autopilot wind vane mode
GPS lost it's fix
Autopilot can't hold course or internal fault
cross track error over xx (gps)
shallow water
deep water
anchor dragging
probably not an engine alarm as the motor was off
Carbon Monoxide
at wayboint (gps)
I turned off all the electronics on the nav station to see if it was one of them, usually their alarm is not as loud. This alarm was super loud.
The voltage on the cockpit read 14 volts for the engine. The battery voltage meter inside on nav station read 12v on the DC side of the panel.
I just talk to someone that put this on my head: We came back because there was lightning (storm) in the distance (over 16 miles away). Is it possible that somehow the water was electrically charged and mess something up at that long a distance?
The voltmeter for the engine reads off the alternator. There is a separate voltmeter for the batteries. We have 2 AGM batteries and a small starter battery. I usually switch the inverter/charger perko switch to "1" after the engine is off and we are under sail. Then, before turning the engine on, I put it back on "ALL" and then start the engine. The starter battery perko switch stayed on "ON". See my other responses.(storm in the distance).
I called the inverter/charger company to see if that inverter had any kind of alarms and they said no alarms. It is a mystery. My mechanic came and looked behind nav station and didn't see any problems nor anything that looked like an alarm either. I put a call in to Hunter but haven't heard from them yet.
Thanks for your time and help. I am still trying to figure this out.
raymarine made an add on alarm.
Due to my poor high frequency hearing, I could not hear the system alarms on the RL70 plotter I brought with the boat. The alarm is surface mounted on my helm pedestal and is about three inches around an 2 inches thick and works on two NEMA wires. Look for something like that. It will wake the dead!
Due to my poor high frequency hearing, I could not hear the system alarms on the RL70 plotter I brought with the boat. The alarm is surface mounted on my helm pedestal and is about three inches around an 2 inches thick and works on two NEMA wires. Look for something like that. It will wake the dead!