[C320-list] ​ Re: Ultimate Battery setup - seeking suggestions.

[Gavin Gorazdowski]

Thanks Warren!

Good tip on the Echo charge device, I hadn't come across it before.
Looks like I may start with the ideal setup and work backwards to fit it
into budget.




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*Gavin Gorazdowski*
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> Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 17:05:56 -0400
> From: Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com>
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Ultimate Battery setup - seeking suggestions.
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> Whoa, boy, get ready for a deluge (maybe.) Battery power is one of those
> very controversial topics. Personally, I mostly followed the Part 2
> recommendation on the web site with a few modifications. Compass Marine
> http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/boat_projects has lots of good battery
> info. The same guy is a featured forum contributor on sailboatowners.com
> and there is tons of good stuff there. I urge you to dope out your boats
> battery wiring (know what each cable is for and how it runs,) document it,
> study the available information, plan a solution - on paper -, review it
> with someone you respect, research tools, techniques, make time for the
> project and go for it. Allow double the time you estimate. If you don't do
> it right, you'll regret it. We did it and have been very happy.
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> One of the things you will (likely) learn is that the starting battery
> doesn't need a "priority charge from the alternator/or AC battery charger."
> Starting the engine actually takes very little from the start battery. It's
> the house bank that should have the priority charge. The start battery can
> be kept at full charge with an echo charger or like device.
>
> Warren and Pattie Updike
> 1994 C320 "Warr de Mar" #62
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gavin Gorazdowski [mailto:gavin at gav7.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 12:26 AM
> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
> Subject: [C320-list] Ultimate Battery setup - seeking suggestions.
>
> hello.
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> I have recently purchased a C320 and am slowly working my way through the
> inevitable To Do list.
>
> My boat came with 3 batteries - I assumed 2 were house batteries and one
> was a starter/cranking battery... I was wrong and found out the hard way,
> when we ran the batteries down too low to start the engine!
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> There doesn't seem to be a separate, isoalted starter battery... so, i was
> wondering if any owners have gone through the process of designing the
> ideal battery setup...
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> I imagine an isolated Starter battery that gets priority charge from the
> alternator/or AC battery charger, and a split house battery bank.
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> I also imagine an emergency override to use house batteries in emergency
> cranking situations and maybe a kill switch to totally cutoff the starter
> battery when the boat is not in use, to prevent any leak from the starter.
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> I'm sure there are other ideas/considerations...
>
> Gavin
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> *Gavin Gorazdowski*
> ?C320 Hull #485?- Sydney, Australia
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