Thruster Battery Tray Failure
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Topic: Thruster Battery Tray Failure
Posted By: kipwrite
Subject: Thruster Battery Tray Failure
Date Posted: 24 April 2023 at 00:18
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Coming into a marina today my Quick thruster deployed, but was inoperative. Investigating further, I found that the fiberglass battery tray in the forepeak had shattered and collapsed, and landed on top of the thruster motor, and the 355amp fuse had blown. The positive cable was pressed between the top of the motor and the bottom of the very heavy and now unsupported battery tray, and I think I can see that a bolt atop the thruster motor has protruded into the positive cable - this may have been the root cause of the blown fuse. Anyway, I was disheartened to see how thin the fiberglass was holding up these very heavy batteries, in a part of the ship prone to bouncing. I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did. I am hopeful the thruster motor still works, and lucky the thruster assembly/housing wasn't cracked. Will be rebuilding this to a higher standard. Battery box removed in the photo below. I'd suggest Hanse owners investigate the robustness of their forepeak thruster battery trays. I'
 ------------- Kipwrite |
Replies:
Posted By: ohthetrees
Date Posted: 26 April 2023 at 17:40
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Not nice at all, thanks for sharing. |
Posted By: tobo2
Date Posted: 28 April 2023 at 14:05
OMG! On our 508 it looks quite solid. The batteries are sitting on approx. 15mm playwood floor. 
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Posted By: ohthetrees
Date Posted: 27 September 2023 at 19:49
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What year is your boat? My battery box looks quite different. |