Looks right Charlie.
Easy to verify. Pull the negative wire off the start battery and see
what still works with the switch set to "on". Engine shouldn't kick,
lights should be fine.
Graham Collins
Secret Plans
C&C 35-III #11
On 2020-06-24 10:01 p.m., Charlie Nelson via CnC-List wrote:
Thanks to all who responded to my battery questions—this list is
incredible!
Between the responses and some YouTube videos I ‘think’ I now
understand my system, which was installed and recommended by a pretty
smart boat mechanic.
I must still confirm that both the switch/acr/charger are wired
properly but I now understand how the set-up works:
The acr does its thing automatically distributing charge from whatever
source to the isolated start and house batteries—I get it.
The switch with only OFF/ON/COMBINE positions is left always in ON
position which (this needs confirmed!) ALWAYS has batteries separated
electrically. When I start the engine, current is drawn from the start
battery only. When I turn on anything else on board, current is drawn
from the house batteries only.
If something happens so that my start battery will not turn the engine
over, I can switch to COMBINE and hopefully get it started using all
batteries/hands on deck!
Following suggestions from listers (thanks again!), I will add a fused
buss to the house bank with suitable connectors/fuses to hook-up the
output of my solar MPPT and a portable emergency battery system in an
attempt to thwart Murphy when he inevitably shows up!
Charlie Nelson
1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb
Water Phantom
PS: Feel free to point out any errors in the above. My knowledge of
practical electricity is a lot wider than it is deep!
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