2008 r25 galvanic isolator

[Sprig1]

Hi. My wife and I are new owners of a 2008 r25 classic. We keep are boat on the northern Chesapeake Bay. Thanks for letting me join the group. I’m sure I’m going to have plenty of questions.
First question: is there a galvanic isolator on these boats. I thought I’d ask before ripping out the ac panel. Thanks Chris

 

[jimbeam]

Good question. I have a 2008 r25 in Norfolk. I have not found or heard of a galvanic isolator on these boats. I have had a clogged filter near the seacock for the AC and a clogged line and have even taken the port seat off and gotten into the AC itself to check hoses but have not heard of an isolator on these units. Sorry I couldn't be more help but you might e-mail the factory and ask them.
jimbeam

 

[S. Todd]

Our R25SC was a 2015 and there were no galvanic isolators factory installed on those models. They were easily added so I added one tout boat. The best location is very close to the shore power inlet on the boat and essentially just gets wired by the green ground wire going in and then out. If you can not find it, there probably is not one installed on your boat.

 

[Gin]

I second S. Todd’s advice. The galvanic isolator was stock on our 2019 R31, but not on our earlier 2013 R27, although the factory was willing to install one during our build. I suspect galvanic isolators were both not stock in 2008 and maybe not even available by special request. If you do have one, though, you won’t need to rip out the AC panel. Find the green wire going our of your shorepower plug and follow it. If you have a galvanic isolator, it will be the first thing downstream of the shorepower plug and the green wire will run right to it.

Gini

 

[croakz]

We got our R25 SC used, so I'm not sure when the galvanic isolator was installed. And while the R25 Classic and the R25 SC are different, here's where ours is located.

 

[Sprig1]

Thanks everyone for the replies. I hadn’t checked in for awhile. I haven’t gotten around to looking for the galvanic isolator hopefully this winter when it’s on the trailer in the yard. I have had so many other electrical gremlins taking up my time. The boat starts and runs and charges the batteries now. Which is a benefit. I’m just going to have to go through each wire individually and figure them out. Oh well it’s a boat what can you say. The wife loves it so that’s the man thing.
Thanks again Chris