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Date Posted: - Wednesday - 02/ 2/05 - 12:56pm
Author: Al
Author Host/IP: rrcs-24-199-182-90.midsouth.biz.rr.com / 24.199.182.90
Subject: Re: Battery Switch Replacement
In reply to: Randall Reeves 's message, "Battery Switch Replacement" on - Monday - 01/17/05 - 1:42pm

Randal,
If you have a bible (West Marine catalogue) in the electrical section there is a West Advisor that tells you exactly how to change from an Off/1/2/both switch to using three on/off switches. It also adds a battery combiner to the set up that allows for charging of both batteries with out overcharging the start battery (depending on your battery bank set up). I have a large house bank of 6volt batteries and one start batery. Read through that information, I have set up Hexli that way and am thrilled with the results.

Al

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[> Re: Battery Switch Replacement -- Speedy, - Thursday - 02/ 3/05 - 11:57am (NoHost/202.131.161.222)

Yeah, I sure miss Iki. I've been gone for over three months now.

The off/on/both switches will fail just as yours has done. I have had this happen many times over the years.

I wired mine like the West Marine schematic, but I didn't use the combiner. The voltage regulator did a good job of preventing overcharging.

The one protection not there is the alternator field disconnect, so I had to be sure and not kill both batt switches.

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