I think i would put a meter in the battery lead to measure current and then disconnect circuits in turn until the current drops .You can disconnect some circuits by opening circuit breakers .
chris S
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "out2lunchrightnow" <rnewport@...> wrote:
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> I've got a 16' Electra Craft Baycruiser that's 15 years old. We just put new batteries in it this spring. The front 2 batteries that power the 12v circuit have gone completely dead. They've been recharged, but are showing some loss again. The socket where shore power plugs in shorted out and has been replaced and the wiring cleaned up. Does anyone have any ideas where the 12v power drain could be coming from and how would I find it? I've pulled out the accessory outlet and the switch panel for the lights so I can check continuity, but none of the circuit breakers on the charger panel in the bow have ever popped out and they all look to be wired cleanly. Before the socket shorted out, the female end of the cord was fused to the socket and had to be cut off so the socket could be replaced, so I'm thinking that could have caused some wire on the 12v circuit to short out and still be causing the drain. I don't want to rewire the entire boat, so how would I find out where the drain is coming from?
> Thanks very much for any answers or feedback!
> Robert Newport
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