[C320-list] Start Battery

[Scott Lagerquist]

Mark,
Welcome to the association.  My wife and I purchased hull #39 last year and just recently joined the association.  There is a wealth of knowledge here that has already helped me immensely.  My batteries were updated to add a starting battery on one bank and place the two 4D batteries in parallel on the other bank.  Seems to be working well.  I plan to do a load test to see the condition of the batteries as they were purchased in 2009.  Anyways, look at the articles for upgrading batteries and you should be good.  
Regards,
Scott Lagerquist
"Sea Esta", #39
Fiddler's Cove
San Diego CA

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> On Dec 14, 2016, at 5:51 PM, sail-ability sail-ability <sail-ability at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
>   Lots of us have added a starter bty. You just need to have a look at
>   the members website and you'll find lots of advice on how to do it.
>   It's not difficult. I used the same master switch and put the two 4Ds
>   in parallel on one switch position and the starter bty on the second
>   switch position. The starter bty also powers the windlass. There is
>   room enough to put the starter bty in a box fwd of the 4D btys.
> 
>   Anyhow this will be a start for U.
> 
>   Cheers
> 
>   JohnM
> 
>   1999#574
> 
>     ---------- Original Message ----------
>     From: Mark Cole <boatnboot at q.com>
>     Date: December 14, 2016 at 4:59 PM
>     Hello!
>     I'm new to the group and this is my first post. My wife and I just
>     bought a 1993 320, hull #8, and enjoyed sailing her this summer, but
>     now it is time to tackle a few upgrades.
>     Has anyone added a start battery to their boat? I currently have two
>     4D house batteries but no dedicated start battery. We want to spend
>     about half of our cruising time on the hook so I would feel a lot
>     better with a start battery. The boat has a relatively new Xantrex
>     charger that will handle 3 separate batteries so I think I'm good
>     there. The engine (Perkins M30) fires right up if I'm still plugged
>     into shore power and the charger is on, but takes a long time to
>     start and turns over slowly if starting from the batteries. The 4Ds
>     are a few years old and I'm about to go through an equalization
>     process with them, so maybe that will help... Any suggestions on the
>     installation?
>     Thanks for any info!
>     Mark Cole
>     Fiddler's Green
>     Tacoma, WA