"Philip McConnell" wrote: > I do need to figure this all out too. My boat has the basic Tayana > factory wiring modified to support four separate battery (genset > start, > propulsion start, windlass, house) banks using two 1-2-all-off > switches > and two plain on-off switches. All this Rube Goldberg arrangement does > is ensure that at least one set of batteries is dead at the most > inconvenient time.
It's too bad that "This ole House" for boats doesn't exist. Sounds like you would be a classic candidate. My guess is that a total re-hab of your electrical system is going to be about the only way to resolve your problem(s). If it were me, I'd start by collecting data. Make lists of EVERY load device, every power generating device, as well as your batteries. Once you have actual data, you can begin to think about a replacement system design. Maybe it is time to think about adding solar or additional battery capacity? Maybe it is time to replace/remove the eng-gen set, maybe not. Questions, questions, questions. Regards, Lew Hodgett Box 2302 Whittier, CA, 90610-2302 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
