"Mic" wrote in message
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On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 08:38:41 -0400, Larry wrote:

"Doug Dotson" dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote in
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One big house bank and a separate starting battery is best for a number
o reasons.



Any idea why?

http://www.vonwentzel.net/Battery/03.Banks/index.html

"Some things to keep in mind:

The only caveat to large banks of batteries is proper internal fusing.
If a cell shorts out in a battery, the battery voltage will drop
approximately 2 Volts. All batteries in the bank will start
discharging into the shorted battery, unless fuses take the bad
battery out of the circuit. Thus, battery banks need to be fused
internally as well as externally."

--
Larry

Good point, but a fuse will not neccessarirly mitigate a failure of this
sort.