- Oct 31, 2009
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- Boat Info
- 1992 370 ec
- Engines
- twin cummins 6bta's 300 hp
Rl80 pathfinder radar/chartplotter,SH 2150 matrix vhf w/ais
quicksilver 8
most likely.I would.
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Thanks guys, you recommend battery switch?
I haven't had a big boat very long, but I'm already in the "nothing surprises me anymore" camp because I've seen kooky things right and left. Some people (including me at times, I'm sure!) should have their DIY cards revoked!yes! I'm surprised there isn't one there already
It's more learning from others since I was hanging with boaters before I had my own. (Not to mention driving a '71 Corolla that was an automatic transmission but that every mechanic in middle TN insisted was a standard, because that's what it says in the parts book. I don't care how it came off the assembly line, people--I'm tellin' ya what it is TODAY! I mean, know I'm a girl and all, but I do know the difference!)Trfgirl, that would spook the stuffing out of me! What other work did the PO do?
I'm very lucky. I got Seahorse from a dealer who took very good care of her while he had her and the PO is a member here. All the books I've looked at shows that both the WE and DA of our years have a battery switch, I'm not saying yours does just saying what the old books show. All WE's or DA's that had a Genset have three batteries, two cold starts for the three engines and one deep cell for the house.
Sounds like somebody got creative or desperate in redoing yours! Have you checked the ER for evidence of bubble gum and chicken wire, too?Nope no battery switch, all my previous smaller boats had them. But not this one , I was shocked it only had two batteries
The setup you describe appears to match mine. So you manually create a house battery and a starboard start battery, which is what we've been considering. Maybe we can create a new habit next season; we'll still run the boat over winter, but probably not often enough to get solid in the routine.Re: Batteries/Switches.
Mine is set up with one battery connected to the Port motor that does nothing but start that motor. It didn't have a switch to turn it off/on when I first got the boat, but I added one a couple of years ago.
I have two batteries connected to the Stbd motor and they are on a battery switch that has the option for Battery 1, Both, or Battery 2. Either (or both together) will start the Stbd motor, and run all of the 12 volt stuff on the boat.
The only things that will run with that switch set to the off position are the bilge pumps.
I generally run the boat with that switch in the both position, then when I get to where I'm going (generally on the hook), I put the switch in either the Battery 1 or Battery 2 position. My thinking is that if I should run the battery down when sitting on the hook, I'll still have another good battery hooked to the Stbd. motor.
The other back-up plan is the "Emergency Start" toggle switch on the dash. It is connected to a solenoid in the bilge.
When depressed momentarily it will jump start one motor using the battery from the other.
I think my set-up is pretty much original from the factory with the exception of the extra battery switch I added for the Port motor.
I have been considering adding a second battery to the port motor and just hooking it up to the windlass since that draws so much power, but I've held off because I don't want to take the chance of draining that side.