On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:40:00 GMT, "Butch Davis"
wrote:

Twin engine setups do not provide the reundancy they often appear to
provide. Most are supplied with fuel from a single tank and a single
battery bank. If you want true redundancy with twins your fuel tankage and
starting batteries should also be redundant. Stock boats seldom provide
that sort of setup.

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I've seen quite a few twins with separate starting batteries, and the
better ones have a parallel solenoid that can be kicked in if one side
is weak. My old Bertram even had a separate parallell solenoid for
the generator in case that battery was low. Are you talking about
twin outboards or inboards?