View Single Post
  #8   Report Post  
posted to rec.boats.cruising
Jeff Jeff is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Jul 2007
Posts: 42
Default Anything wrong with this battery wiring setup?

* Stephen Trapani wrote, On 7/9/2007 3:53 PM:
If you need more info with a diagram show me how to do it and I will.

Thanks a million Larry!!

Stephen


The problem of course with the traditional setup is that if you leave
the switch in "Both" you can kill both batteries. And, if the switch
isn't wired with an alternator shutoff, a mistake can kill the diodes.

A better solution is to use some method that automatically combines
when charging, and disconnects otherwise. There are several combiners
that are based on relays that do this. I use a slightly different
technique, an EchoCharge, that gives the stating bats a nice charging
current whenever the main bank is charged from any source.