Beta Marine Engines

Blue Moon · Blue Moon

What are the alternator and crankshaft pulley diameters on my Beta 38 WOC K35616? I am trying to figure out why charging to the house battery bank is not stronger at idle or slightly above. I do have a Balmar MC-614 regulating the alternator so fully realize that I must also understand exactly what tha...

Vanessa · Vanessa

Hi all, Apologies if this is something obvious, new to sailing and only second time starting the engine... Started the engine while moored up and idling, approx every 5-10 seconds or so the panel buzzer sounds, the battery light flashes and the RPM counter drops to 0, before returning to idling RPM po...

Blue Moon · Blue Moon

Using both the Balmar instructions for the MC-614 regulator and some very helpful drawings, pictures, and advice from Farron, I installed the Balmar regulator, the Iskra brush box supplied by Beta, and triple-checked all wiring and connections. Nonetheless, there is a problem. At idle, my shunt...

Rowboatload · Rowboatload

I have a BZ482 with about 300 hours of use. Three days ago I was two hours into a 2,200 r.p.m motor against a gentle wind with my 27 ft. sailboat when the revs dropped to about 1000 and it would not go any higher. I ran it for about 10 minutes then turned it off and sailed back near my marina then restarted it a...

SClendenin · SClendenin

I have a Beta 20 hp. WOC is K20524 I see that prior to Dec 2005 there was a side mount available for the on engine fuel 5 micron filter. For some unknown, to me, reason the previous owner removed the on engine filter. I think it may have been due to a problem with the design of the companionway steps being too...

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	Low Alternator Output at Idle charging alternator idle Balmar (Preview) What are the alternator and crankshaft pulley diameters on my Beta 38 WOC K35616? I am trying to figure out why charging to the house battery bank is not stronger at idle or slightly above. I do have a Balmar MC-614 regulating the alternator so fully realize that I must also understand exactly what tha...	Blue Moon	6	1268	Aug 31, 2020 by Blue Moon
	Battery light flashing, buzzer and RPM counter dropping at regular interval (Preview) Hi all, Apologies if this is something obvious, new to sailing and only second time starting the engine... Started the engine while moored up and idling, approx every 5-10 seconds or so the panel buzzer sounds, the battery light flashes and the RPM counter drops to 0, before returning to idling RPM po...	Vanessa	1	916	Aug 31, 2020 by Stanley
	Trouble After Modifying Beta 38 w/ Iskra 120 A Alternator for External Balmar MC-614 Regulation (Preview) Using both the Balmar instructions for the MC-614 regulator and some very helpful drawings, pictures, and advice from Farron, I installed the Balmar regulator, the Iskra brush box supplied by Beta, and triple-checked all wiring and connections. Nonetheless, there is a problem. At idle, my shunt...	Blue Moon	3	1535	Aug 25, 2020 by Blue Moon
	BZ482 13.3 LAGGED - THEN RAN AWAY (Preview) I have a BZ482 with about 300 hours of use. Three days ago I was two hours into a 2,200 r.p.m motor against a gentle wind with my 27 ft. sailboat when the revs dropped to about 1000 and it would not go any higher. I ran it for about 10 minutes then turned it off and sailed back near my marina then restarted it a...	Rowboatload	2	782	Aug 23, 2020 by Rowboatload
	side mount fuel filter (Preview) I have a Beta 20 hp. WOC is K20524 I see that prior to Dec 2005 there was a side mount available for the on engine fuel 5 micron filter. For some unknown, to me, reason the previous owner removed the on engine filter. I think it may have been due to a problem with the design of the companionway steps being too...	SClendenin	0	844	Aug 19, 2020 by SClendenin
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