eagleswing
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our used boat came with 'Hager' electric connection panels. ie all the red hot wires come in to a white panel, the ground wires (negative ground system) come in to a different white panel. there are large - gauge red wires which apparently suppply the + voltage to the hot panel. individual accessory hot suppplies exit at the top of the panel . circuit breakers control each unit. there are some extra slots where a red hot wire comes in at bottom, but no accessory is connected out of the top of the + panel.
i emailed hager for a description/instructions of how to work with the 12v panels installed on our boat . and i received a VERY rude reply that there were NO instructions for the hager panels AND any professional marine electrician would know how to wire one... well, this is the USA. our local 'professional electricians' are reluctant to work on this hager panel as they've never seen one. we are about to expand our electrics panel to add a horn , cockpit lights, extra bilge pump, etc. and it would REALLY be good to have some data on how these hagers are supposed to function. it would be really easy to just tap + for a new accessory out of the extra unused + slots of the hager + buss...
is this correct? am i missing anything ? can anyone help ?... (since hager cant and wont... ) (nice customer service, hager--- i shall be SURE to recommned to american manufacturers that you open a US branch soon...)
thanks in a dvance ...
i emailed hager for a description/instructions of how to work with the 12v panels installed on our boat . and i received a VERY rude reply that there were NO instructions for the hager panels AND any professional marine electrician would know how to wire one... well, this is the USA. our local 'professional electricians' are reluctant to work on this hager panel as they've never seen one. we are about to expand our electrics panel to add a horn , cockpit lights, extra bilge pump, etc. and it would REALLY be good to have some data on how these hagers are supposed to function. it would be really easy to just tap + for a new accessory out of the extra unused + slots of the hager + buss...
is this correct? am i missing anything ? can anyone help ?... (since hager cant and wont... ) (nice customer service, hager--- i shall be SURE to recommned to american manufacturers that you open a US branch soon...)
thanks in a dvance ...