battery charger problem

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I just purchased this boat. The first night out with it at the docks plugged into shore power i notice a noise coming from the aft cabin. It was the fan kicking on from the battery charger. How can I stop this noise? Is there chargers out there that doesn't use the fan?

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art
 
Mine has a fan but it's so quiet you can't hear it unless you're right near it in the engine compartment.
 
Locate the charger and make sure there is nothing resting on it. If something is, it can cause a resonating effect of noise. If nothing is touching it and no paper got sucked into the fan, check the fan itself. If it is a PC type fan, they are not serviceable, but probably replaceable. Check with charger manufacturer to see the fan can be replaced,
 
all good answers. What I think I will do is take the charger lose and put a piece of sound proofing board behind it. I will turn it off like Bill1 said at night until I get the board.

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art
 
Just be sure to turn off all unnessesary lights and DC stuff so you don't kill a battery. :-)
 
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