Installing LPG solenoid switch

[Captpete12]

I recently purchased a 2008 Beneteau 40 and noticed Beneteau uses the "spare" switch on the 12V panel for the propane tank solenoid. I was not aware of this and spent the better part of an hour trying to locate the LPG switch (which should be within an arms length of the appliance, labeled and dedicated). The dealer informed me that Beneteau uses the "spare" switch. I have purchased a LPG lighted switch and plan to install it in a proper location. One problem. The 12V panel uses a circuit board and I cannot find the hot lead for the "spare" switch. It appears to be a red wire in a group of wires attached to a white plastic plug? Anyone out there that has done this before?

 

[Ron20324]

Yeah, I moved my LPG breaker off of the main breaker panel and put on a cabinet front, on it's own little single-breaker panel. This makes it better for crew to find, and it keeps them from throwing the wrong breaker.

You'll just have to fish around for another source of 12v., moving the LPG output of the breaker to the new one. Possibly, just take a new wire from that 12v buss-bar and run it to the new breaker? Really, though, you don't want the on/off too close to the stove- in case of fire you want to be able to reach it safely and quickly.

 

[DougM]

If the LPG is wired to a breaker labelled as "Spare" the simple solution is to change the panel label to "LPG". Label sets for instrument panels are easy to get.

What I encountered was different, as I stated in another thread somewhere is that I found a jumper wire on the LPG switch that is wired to the ground plate, it came that way from the factory. I still have not determined the logic behind that. Since I have literally never used the stove, I don' t use the switch, so running down the reason has never been a super high priority. I didn't know it was that way until I opened the panel to wire in a 12 volt receptacle a couple of weeks ago.

As far as Ron's comment about guests hitting the wrong switch, he has a good solution. As a rule, I generally don't let anyone turn switches on and off if the are unfamiliar with the boat. It would be just my luck that either something would accidentally be turned off, like a bilge pump, or something would be left on and kill one of the batteries.