I was thinking the exact same thing regarding a windlass and the need for starting if you split up the home bank leaving one bank(or just one battery) aft for emergency starting.
As suggested, you should protect the wires at the battery, but rather than adding breakers, I suggest using a battery switch close to and MRBF terminal fuse blocks right on the battery. Here is a great link : http://www.sailnet.com/forums/743190-post1.html Waytek has great prices. Same product as Blue Sea but less than half the cost. (http://www.waytekwire.com/products?pSearch=mrbf) - Paul E. 1981 C&C 38 Landfall S/V Johanna Rose Carrabelle, FL http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/ > On Nov 19, 2015, at 4:00 PM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote: > > Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:59:34 -0500 > From: Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com <mailto:joel.aron...@gmail.com>> > To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>" > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Changing weight distribution in Landfall 38 > Message-ID: > <CAEL16P9qMwZj4YQXodPN+jc97uj7O0mCDwmzf3i0V5LK=tj...@mail.gmail.com > <mailto:CAEL16P9qMwZj4YQXodPN+jc97uj7O0mCDwmzf3i0V5LK=tj...@mail.gmail.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > When you add the windlass you'll have the battery! > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Robert Boyer via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: > >> Thats a good idea for the rare, if ever, occasion arises. >> >> Sent from my iPhone, Bob Boyer >> >>> On Nov 19, 2015, at 3:27 PM, bobmor99 . via CnC-List < >> cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: >>> >>> If it will be very rare to ever need a v-berth house battery for engine >> starting, how about, if the need were to arise, disconnect one of the >> v-berth batteries, take it aft, and use some jumper cables to get the >> engine started. >>> Bob M >>> Ox 33-1 >>> Jax. FL >>> >>>
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