Carver 42 SUPER SPORT User manual

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

Using Your Owner’s Information Kit . . . . . . . . . i
Owner’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
OEM Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Pre-Delivery Service Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Warranty Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Safe Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Emergency Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Safety Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Owner’s Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Carbon Monoxide (CO) Warnings . . . . . . . . . 12
Preventing CO Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Identifying CO Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Treating CO Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Other Health and Safety Information . . . . . . 15
Warning Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15


Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Battery Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Operating the 12-Volt Equipment . . . . . . . . . 21
DC Control Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Bridge Breaker Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Safety Breaker Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Troubleshooting the DC Electrical System . . 31
DC Schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Electrical Schematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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
System Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
AC Power Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Shore Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Generator Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Operating AC Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
AC Main Circuit Breaker Groups . . . . . . 41
AC Control Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters . . . . . . . . . 47
GFCI Receptacle Locations . . . . . . . . . . 47
Testing GFCI Receptacles . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Electrical Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Bonding System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Troubleshooting the AC Electrical System . . 50
AC Schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Air Conditioning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fresh Water System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Raw Water Washdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Bilge System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Sanitation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Grey Water Holding System . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Fuel Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Engine Room Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Exhaust System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fire Suppression System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Engine Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Helm Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Preparing for Cruising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78