Of David Knecht
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Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 10:27
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Cc: David Knecht <davidakne...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Stus-List Rewiring Universal starter/glow plug/alternator
Hi Josh- My plan at present is to not do quick and di
The water heater has a ~6 gallon capacity. If you attempt to freeze
protect it then you would need to flush out the water with glycol and
probably end up using 3 or 4 gallons in the process. Glycol isn't cheap
and considering that you can eliminate the risk of freezing simply by
draining, glycol
Hi Josh- My plan at present is to not do quick and dirty. I plan to eliminate
the ammeter circuit, remove the internal alternator regulation (I have that
conversion kit already), and then run the alternator directly to the batteries.
I am still unclear on the functionality of the multi-stage
David,
It sounds like you got the "quick and dirty" answers you were looking for.
If you are going to be using an external regulator then the quick and dirty
method shouldn't be used. As Fred said, a dedicated large gauge wire from
the alternator straight to the house battery bank. You'll
David — you beat me to it! You’re correct, typical wiring on boats like ours
had a heavy-gauge cable from the alternator out put to the starter solenoid,
which just served as a convenient connection terminal to get the alternator
current back to the battery, which also had a heavy-gauge wire
Hi Russ- I found a diagram that Rich posted a while ago buried in my files
and it is helping me to sort this out. I was thinking this jumper had to do
with starting, but the power for the starter is coming from the battery so that
made no sense. So I think that this jumper is about
Hi David,
I've had alternator to starter lead wired like
that on so many boats that I cannot recall any
other way. On one baot I did have an ammeter but
it was located very close to the engine so the
lead was alt > ammeter -> starter lead, less than 18" of wire.
The purpose of this
Siting here watching lots of snow come down makes my thoughts turn to boat
maintenance and I have been reading the very useful Mainecruising site.
First question- Engine panel, alternator wiring and charge control
I have a Universal diesel on my boat and the infamous trailer connectors
