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Yes, that's what it would seem. Okay, thanks. How then does the beeper know how to beep? The batteries are charged, the alternator is working and the engine is running, but there is still a beep because it knows that the alternator is not charging the batteries - how does it know??!

Hello again! It's still beeping - but we have more information about the situation! So we've bought a generator to charge all the batteries and charged them all at 13.5V for about 3hours. The 'Phoenix multi-control' went from 'bulk' to 'absorption' and then when it hit 'float' we finally turned it off. So that may have saved the leisure batteries! However, even when the batteries were nearly charged, we tried again to turn the engine on (Beta Marine) and the small beeper behind the ignition started to beep again, more or less constantly, sometimes intermittently. We moved the boat and also tried to just rev it on neutral, but it kept going (thanks anyway rustydiver!! ). The alternator works, the belts are all tight and when the engine is running the voltmeter across the red to the black terminal of the alternator says 12.8V. We checked each battery separately and they were all fine. It seemed that all the connections were fine - but then again, that's just looking with my eyes. My dad and I spent all day Saturday trying to work this out and are now happy about the batteries, but puzzled still as to what might be wrong... Tony Brooks: which silver knob/ which button/which arm? I would like to try, but am a bit confused :s Any further ideas as to what on earth might be going on?! Many thanks!

Dear all, Thank you so much for all of your very helpful comments. They came so fast we were gobsmacked! The belts are in good condition, so from what you were all saying, we imagine it's the alternator which isn't charging the batteries for some reason. nicknorman: Last news I got was that, thanks to your advice, my brother who is there at the moment had gone into town to buy a generator to charge the batteries so that they wouldn't get more damaged than they already are. By'eck: We revved the engine, but it didn't stop beeping. However, now we might try to fix an excitation wire to D+ terminal. Tom was also going to buy 'excitation wires' to do this. Tony Brooks: Yes, I imagine the engine hadn't been run enough every day. What you said made it clearer as to why that would be important. David Mack: We checked and I don't think it's the oil (we replenished that just a few weeks ago and the light isn't on!) Thanks again every one for your time and expertise, your support was really appreciated!

Hello! Having found some very useful anwers on here previously, I was wondering if someone might help us with a problem we've got concerning the engine. To turn the engine on, we turn the key 90degrees clockwise and wait while it beeps for about 10 seconds. This is supposed to heat the engine. Then we can turn the key down once and this will turn on the engine. Since yesterday, after having turned the key down, the engine turns on and makes a happy noise, but the beeping doesn't stop, even after a few minutes of the engine being lit. Looking at the electronics control panel,one warning light is on: "Batteries D". (We were also told that the batteries should always remain above 12.8V. The inverter is off, however, they are now at 11.7V.) Is there anything we could try to do to fix this problem? Can we run the engine anyway (we were told that the engine should be run every day in winter)? Any help or indications on this topic would be much appreciated! Many thanks