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Section: Batteries..


That's not battery charger on the end of those croc leads- it's the emergency lighting!
The battery is in a locker commonly filled with lifejackets and assorted boat junk. The terminals are unprotected and waiting for a metallic object to short across them. There are no fuses on the cables directly connected, some of which run the length of the boat.