[Waterhazard]

Capt George,
Those are all great questions, most of which I cannot answer unfortunately. It is my first boat, so I am just learning and I don't know a lot about the batteries.

Here is what I know: I have 4 batteries - don't know if they are original or have been replaced. There are 3 round dials on the panel for the batteries - 1 for the house, 1 for the engines, and 1 for the emergency parallel. I had turned off my engine battery as soon as I got on a mooring (which i was on for 4 days). By day 4, even though the engine battery was off the whole time (except if i had the generator or ginseng running), it was still dead, and the parallel would only start the starboard engine - the port engine would not start. The carbon monoxide detector was beeping due to low battery. Oddly, the house battery was still working - lights and the fridge were working Thankfully, the generator stayed on long enough for me to get the engines started. I asked the electrician at my marina, and he said even though the batteries say "house" and "engine", one of them really is for one of the engines (who knew???).

I am going to have the batteries checked to make sure they are in good shape and that i have not destroyed them by leaving the fridge on for 6 hours when i leave the slip, and a couple of times overnight.

As for the generator, i wish that was all it was, but the tech found the following "connection at harness and ECU causes engine to run rough when wiggled which would cause rich fuel condition possibly leading to engine shutdown". Whatever that means.

I am going to take your advice on the ice.

Thanks again.