Patent ID: 6652330
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: B63J,H01M,H02J,Y02E

Abstract:
A method for controlling the electrical system of a marine vessel, comprising the steps of:measuring the voltage potential of a battery; comparing said voltage potential to a threshold voltage magnitude; disconnecting one or more of a plurality of electrical power consuming devices when said voltage potential is less than said threshold voltage magnitude; and classifying each one of said plurality of said electrical power consuming devices according to its priority of criticality, wherein said priority of criticality is determinative of the order in which each of said plurality of said electrical power consuming devices is disconnected during said disconnecting step, said classifying step comprises the step of grouping said plurality of electrical power consuming devices into a level of said priority of criticality selected from the group consisting of critical and non-critical, said classifying step is performed in accordance with manually received instructions from said operator of said marine vessel.