Now I am a it curious after rereading this one. You have three "banks" of batteries? One "bank" of two batteries is for the engines. What are the other two banks for?
If you have paralleling switches and can bring either of the other two "banks" in-line with the starting battery, then should that one die, you could start your engines after bringing one of the other "banks" in-line. Problem is that usually one of the other banks is typically used for supporting "house" electrical needs such a refrigerator or inverter and would most likely be low on power, typically, when you need it most. I have three batteries (not banks). One for each engine, one of which also serves as the "house" battery, plus one for the generator. If the house battery becomes too low to start the engine, I can parallel the other starting battery or in the worst case, bring on-line the generator battery. Should both starting batteries be low (possible, but highly unusual), I'd start the genny first and then the main engines. I use 4-Ds for the starting and Group 27 for the genny. Yah, I know the house battery should be a deep cycle, but I get at least 5 years out of them. Now if you spend the whole weekend at anchor without using your genny to take the electrical load and recharge the batteries, I can see the need for a couple of "house" banks. Gene --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
