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Title: Rapid battery drain on 2023 C45
Post by: mlm.sail on August 05 2024, 10:09
Experiencing rapid service voltage drain. The batteries and the alternator are band new. The charger appears to be charging normally. Even with all breakers off the service voltage drops from 13.2 to 11.5 V in a matter of hours.
???
Title: Re: Rapid battery drain on 2023 C45
Post by: JEN-et-ROSS on August 05 2024, 10:54
Hi...
Sounds like a bit of a nightmare..
  Try fully charging the battery bank and then disconnect at the the battery bank..Not at the breakers..
The voltage will initially be quite high,13.5-14.5v but should settle to about 12,6v or so after a few hours...
If no further drop is observed then something is amiss in the yachts systems, possibly between the bank and the breakers..
If the voltage drop still occurs, then there's a problem in the bank or one of the batteries........Good luck....Bill.
Title: Re: Rapid battery drain on 2023 C45
Post by: Odysseus on August 05 2024, 20:32
Agree all above, probably one battery has lost a plate which would account for the 11.5v senario.