Phillip, don't feel bad. I'm doing the same thing! I am familiar with auto wiring and basic household wiring, at least how to do it, if not the theory, but this boating stuff is like Greek to me.
And then to make matters worse, on T&T they have gone off onto a discussion of chartplotters, auto helms and computers all talking to each other. Geesh, I think I'll stick with my 20 ft Monterey. Rob Z Also with a boat on the hard in many little pieces > Norm, > > Part of the problem is that I'm just not as familiar with the > terms and > concepts some of you more experienced guys use. I'm sure you > noticed Lew > tried to flesh out the concept more for me (which I appreciate) > which > helped but I still don't think I've completely "got it". Where > many here > are going "Ah ha! of course!" I tend to be going "Huh?" I'm > sorry I > didn't get up where you are before we headed farther south. > Seeing a > thing works much better for me if I'm unclear on a concept. > > 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. > > Philip McConnell > USSV Gryphon > In pieces, Ft. Pierce, FL >
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