Stephen Trapani wrote in news:%JRki.613$n_
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So call me crazy (and cheap!), but could I let a dab of 5200 harden on
the switch so it can't be turned to off? Would everything be safe then?

Thanks everyone for the help!!

Stephen



No. The reason for the switch is to make the boat "safer" during periods
of disuse or storage (misuse??). You can do the same thing by
disconnecting a battery post.

Hook the house to the house battery.
Hook the starter to the starting battery.
Put this switch in between the + terminals with battery jumper wires:
http://tinyurl.com/2qbjp7
$25 plus the cables.

You can switch it on or off any ol' time you like, even with the engine
running. All it does is act like a jumper cable jumpering one battery +
terminal to the other, letting the alternator connected to the starting
battery charge both house and starting in parallel. No matter where the
switch is positioned, house stuff is always connected to the house
battery and starting stuff is always connected to the starting battery.

The reason to use heavy wire with so heavy a switch is the "jumper cable
effect", allowing you to switch it on to crank the beast from the house
batteries....unless, of course, they are dead.

The contactors I previously posted do just what this switch will
do....but will NOT let you go off for a couple of months leaving the
batteries paralleled, killing them all in the process.

You can eliminate the A-B-Both-OFF switches if you like. That also keeps
the wife from switching the house to the starting battery when the lights
start to go dim and you're not watching her....(c;



Larry
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While in Mexico, I didn't have to press 1 for Spanish.
While in Iran, I didn't have to press 1 for Farsi, either.
It just isn't fair.