[C320-list] Starting Battery

[Sam & Suz Weston]

Thanks Robert..Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Seastream" <robert.seastream at comcast.net>
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 7:39:44 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Starting Battery

One of the simplest solutions comes from Jeff Hare.  Presuming your  
batteries are under the starboard settee, place whatever 'starting'  
battery you purchase in the space forward of those batteries.   
Disconnect the leads from the battery furthest forward (battery 1, I  
think), and connect those leads to the 'starting' battery.  Next, buy  
two heavy gauge battery cables (3 feet or so), and parallel the  
original house battery 1 to battery 2.  The end result is that you'll  
have a 'start' battery on position one of the battery switch, and have  
both 'house' batteries on position 2 of the battery switch.  I put  
black tape over switch position 1 as a caution that it wasn't to be  
used as a 'house' battery.

Bob Seastream
Intuition # 906


On May 26, 2010, at 4:51 PM, jpmesa at aol.com wrote:

> Ours is under the starboard sette the area (middle) next to the  
> holding tank.  We also have an extra battery switch so we can  
> separate the starter battery from the main system when we are at  
> anchor.  John     Holokai 2
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam & Suz Weston <ssweston at embarqmail.com>
> To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 12:43 pm
> Subject: [C320-list] Starting Battery
>
>
> I'm considering adding a starting battery to complement my two  
> D-4's.  Could
> omeone help me with the placement of the battery and the connection  
> process ?
>