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[mrsmelly]

1 minute ago, rusty69 said:

Batteries don't have weels, unless you count those golf buggies or milk floats. 

 Ok Ok pirrock I have edited it 

[Athy]

5 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

Batteries don't have weels, unless you count those golf buggies or milk floats. 

Weel spotted!

[Ratkatcher]

I know! I know!!

 

The positive cables are different thicknesses   See, problem solved!

[pig]

Smartgauge should be connected to battery 4.

Or not.

Look, it's electrickery who knows...

[Alan de Enfield]

It is a BSS failure - batteries are not 'fixed', or, the battery box at least 50% of the height of the batteries

[MtB]

15 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

It is a BSS failure - batteries are not 'fixed', or, the battery box at least 50% of the height of the batteries

 

Surely the cables would hold them in place?

[Rick-n-Jo]

If this is the same boat that has no packing in the stern gear, it's all going to be pretty academic soon anyway......

[Machpoint005]

1 hour ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Surely the cables would hold them in place?

Not the nearest one -- unless it's glued down?

[IanM]

2 hours ago, mrsmelly said:

And by now the 1 week old batteries will be goosed 

Apart from the far right hand one of course  

[Machpoint005]

13 minutes ago, Machpoint005 said:

Not the nearest one -- unless it's glued down?

 

3 minutes ago, IanM said:

Apart from the far right hand one of course  

See above. The adhesive will gradually eat into the bottom.

[IanM]

Just now, Machpoint005 said:

 

See above. The adhesive will gradually eat into the bottom.

I was replying to mrsmelly who said the new batteries would be goosed by now.  The far right one not connected to anything electrical will probably be fine

[AllanC]

Ok I'll have a stab in the numpty class.

The +ve terminal of battery 'A' should be connected to +ve on battery 'B'.  Battery 'A' is probably flat due to not having a connection to the charger.

Lots of bad connections due to missing nuts on the terminals. Loose thin red wire on Battery 'B'. (not sure what its for)

Battery 'D' not connected to anything, therefore useless.

The handle on Battery 'A' has been left in the upright position causing massive disruption to the electrical and magnetic fields of the battery bank and rendering the flux capacitor inoperative.

[zenataomm]

Are the batteries holding down a patch over a hole that is letting in the water that is leaving them with bilges full of water all the time?

[system 4-50]

1 hour ago, AllanC said:

The handle on Battery 'A' has been left in the upright position causing massive disruption to the electrical and magnetic fields of the battery bank and rendering the flux capacitor inoperative.

worth a greenie anytime.

[AllanC]

Well thank you very much Sir.

[Bee]

Did anything  work at all?

[WotEver]

Just now, Bee said:

Did anything  work at all?

The alternator went round and round. 

[system 4-50]

32 minutes ago, WotEver said:

The alternator went round and round. 

The pulley on the alternator(s) went round and round, round and round, all  day  long.

[Murflynn]

17 hours ago, Rob-M said:

It needs an engineer to take a look.

I agree.  

However you will need to get the register of Electrical Engineers from the IEE in order to find an Engineer in your area; a technician won't be capable of analysing what is going on.

[Ratkatcher]

13 minutes ago, system 4-50 said:

The pulley on the alternator(s) went round and round, round and round, all  day  long.

OH NO!!!  Ear Bug now!

Worth a greenie, even if I dislike you intensely for the bug

[Jess--]

I was once asked to help out a friend who had car trouble...

Her brother had swiped her car battery as one was needed urgently over a holiday weekend and he had left her the money to purchase a replacement.

She went out on the tuesday morning and got the new battery, put it in the car and found that the car wouldn't start, no lights, no central locking, no alarm etc etc
the next morning testing the battery where she purchased it showed a fully charged battery with no problems at all.

on thursday I was called and went round to find that the battery was in the car and the car wouldn't start or show any signs of life because.... 
the battery was sat in the passenger footwell, she had no idea it should be under the bonnet as in her words "my brother takes care of all that"

[Bod]

The two new batteries, need a repolish.

 

Bod

[Machpoint005]

5 hours ago, IanM said:

I was replying to mrsmelly who said the new batteries would be goosed by now.  The far right one not connected to anything electrical will probably be fine

If I telegraph a facetious remark I find it rather spoils the effect.

[mark99]

ahh got it.

A dead cell.

Plus a lot more in the owners bonce.

[roland elsdon]

No grommets where the wires pass through the timber? 

Please leave this boat where it belong London.