Battery switch question.
 

Does anyone know of a 2 battery switch that just allows for the use of one
battery or another at a time but NOT both? I just want a simple A/B switch.

Thanks.

Battery switch question.
 

On 11 Aug 2004 16:10:22 GMT, obull (CCred68046)
wrote:

Does anyone know of a 2 battery switch that just allows for the use of one
battery or another at a time but NOT both? I just want a simple A/B switch.

Thanks.

http://www.charlesindustries.com/mai..._switches.html

http://store.wardmarine.com/Merchant...tegory_Code=BS

http://www.marinegeneral.com/acatalo...tches_308.html

http://www.hopkins-carter.com/catalo...rySwitches.htm

http://www.aqua-marine.co.uk/acatalo...ries_11.h tml

That should get you started.

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
-----------
"Angling may be said to be so
like the mathematics that it
can never be fully learnt..."

Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653

Battery switch question.
 

Thanks Tom but all those switches have a "BOTH" position. I am looking for one
that does NOT have a "both" position. I just want to be able to select battery
1 or battery 2. I have two very dissimilar batteries and its not a good to
put them in parellel.

Battery switch question.
 

Why not get one with both, and never use the both setting, or get 2
individual on/off switches, one for each battery?

Thanks

Christian


"CCred68046" wrote in message
...
Thanks Tom but all those switches have a "BOTH" position. I am looking
for one
that does NOT have a "both" position. I just want to be able to select
battery
1 or battery 2. I have two very dissimilar batteries and its not a good
to
put them in parellel.

Battery switch question.
 

Why not get one with both, and never use the both setting,

I could do that but one thing I have learned with boats.. If something can go
wrong it will. LOL.
Thanks.

Battery switch question.
 

"CCred68046" wrote in message
...
Why not get one with both, and never use the both setting,

I could do that but one thing I have learned with boats.. If something can
go
wrong it will. LOL.
Thanks.

Sounds like your boat's not the place to be unless a guest carries his own
life vest, EPIRB, fire extinguisher, sidearm, camping chocolate, spear gun,
jug of fresh water and a whole list of other things.

It's funny: No matter how many times I've wondered how fast my boat would
fill up with water, I've never removed the drain plug while fishing a mile
from shore. I really want to, but I can't bring myself to do it. But, I'll
bet it's gonna pop out one day and blow a hole in whatever surface it hits.
Probably the gas tank.

Battery switch question.
 

Sounds like your boat's not the place to be unless a guest carries his own
life vest, EPIRB, fire extinguisher, sidearm, camping chocolate, spear gun,
jug of fresh water and a whole list of other things.

Hahaha. Actually its just the opposite. My boat used to run 47mph till I got
all paranoid about safety gear after a good storm caught up with me at Lake
Erie.... best she will do now is 38. Hell, even my dog has a life jacket and
shes a Lab. :)

..It's funny: No matter how many times I've wondered how fast my boat would
fill up with water, I've never removed the drain plug while fishing a mile
from shore. I really want to, but I can't bring myself to do it. But, I'll
bet it's gonna pop out one day and blow a hole in whatever surface it hits.
Probably the gas tank.

Thank God my plug is not facing the gas tank or I would be installing a 1/2"
thick 304 grade stainless steel plate between them thanks to you. :)

Battery switch question.
 

"CCred68046" wrote in message
...
Sounds like your boat's not the place to be unless a guest carries his
own
life vest, EPIRB, fire extinguisher, sidearm, camping chocolate, spear
gun,
jug of fresh water and a whole list of other things.

Hahaha. Actually its just the opposite. My boat used to run 47mph till I
got
all paranoid about safety gear after a good storm caught up with me at
Lake
Erie....

It just takes one trip. For me, it was a trip on my dad's 32' Luhrs when I
was 12. We were trying to go from Montauk to Martha's Vineyard when the
weather got "interesting" - waves as high as the bridge. My two most
poignant memories are my mother yelling at him to stop imagining he was
still on his WWII aircraft carrier, and that maybe his son, who got high
grades in geometry should do the navigating from now on. Somehow, we ended
up in New Bedford, which was NOT a good place at the time. Two weeks later,
I was enrolled in a power squadron class and the parallel rulers became
mine.

Battery switch question.
 

On 11 Aug 2004 16:54:36 GMT, obull (CCred68046)
wrote:

Thanks Tom but all those switches have a "BOTH" position. I am looking for one
that does NOT have a "both" position. I just want to be able to select battery
1 or battery 2. I have two very dissimilar batteries and its not a good to
put them in parellel.

Um....ok, but why "dissimilar"? I'm curious about two different
batteries.

Later,

Tom

Battery switch question.
 

Um....ok, but why "dissimilar"? I'm curious about two different
batteries.

One is an old 1000 CCA deep cycle for trolling and the other is a new 420 CCA
starting battery. Switching them to the both position will cause the good
battery to be discharged by the weaker battery. The way it was described to me
by a battery expert was "If you pour good milk into bad milk you have a bunch
of bad milk".