It seems kind of absurd that you would have to engineer a work-around for something like that, that should last the life of the boat and then be passed on down to your first born.
There must be a better switch than that, I would think . I always considered Blue Sea to be quality stuff. Altho I just replaced a Blue Sea triple breaker that had been made in Mexico, and is now made in (Gasp) China. Wonder who makes these for DelCity, they kind of resemble Perko. They may still be made in FLA https://www.delcity.net/store/Battery-Switch/p_794068.h_794074 Bill Coleman Erie, PA From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy Ralph via CnC-List Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 2:12 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Jeremy Ralph Subject: Stus-List Blue Seas Battery Switch Failure Yesterday, my Blue Sea DC switch failed in a bad way — essentially the plastic broke and the guts of the switch come apart causing a flaky connection. Seems this is a common problem base on this forum: https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-forum/853223-blue-sea-battery-switch-failure.html I emailed Blue Sea and await their response. Four years ago I replaced the original old Perko switch when I did a battery upgrade/rewire/shunt+monitor. Now I’m worried about simply replacing with the same one if it’s prone to failure. Luckily this happened at the dock but it could have been really bad if I’d needed power in a hurry. I’m now thinking I’ll wire up a “backup” bypass directly to the starter in case this happens again or for jump starting, etc. Any thoughts on this from the collective wisdoms of this list? Thanks, Jeremy
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