[C320-list] Starting Battery

[Paul Adison]

I love the idea of this but does this really work?  I have (3) wires  
running to the terminals on the forward battery (#2).  I don't know  
what they all are.  The wiring diagram only shows 1 wire to each  
terminal.  Don't I have to isolate only the wire from the switch to  
the new starting battery?  Then I can run the 2 4D batteries  in  
parallel as mentioned below.  Another friend of mine ran a new 4D from  
the port side and ran it parallel to battery #1.  Very simple.  My  
boat lists to port and I don't want to add any more weight to the port  
side.  I would love to know the answer to this.  I feel that I am  
missing something.

On May 26, 2010, at 8:39 PM, Robert Seastream wrote:

> 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 ?
>>
>