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.

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
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"Angling may be said to be so
like the mathematics that it
can never be fully learnt..."

Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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

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".

On 11 Aug 2004 22:02:21 GMT, obull (CCred68046)
wrote:

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".

Just so I can get a grasp on this, why do you need to switch them?
Unless you are using something like a charger and want to switch it
from battery to battery, but that doesn't make much sense.

Are they not both 12 Vdc batteries?

Later,

Tom

"CCred68046" wrote in message
...
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".

Should not matter, as sonn as they are both the smae voltage, then no
current. Get a 1/2/both switch so you can connect both togehter, of both
are low and you need a little extra energy. Run the battery on 1 (starting)
all the time and add a battery combiner from West Marine (about $90) This
connects both together for charging when the voltage rises above 13.4V.
Bill