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Fred Dowe wrote:
>
> Charles, are you talking about joining a house battery to a starting
> battery, or are you talking about keeping two starting batteries
> separate?
>
Fred,
In that case it was on a dual eng. offshore fishing boat with one
starting batt. for each eng. I just combined them momentarily for the
starting assist. Really worked well.
>
I, after two hernias, have decided to go with batteries I can lift
> safely, so I want to "make " a starting battery from two or more
> lighter batteries.
I use ONE group 31 Delco battery to start my Perkins 6.354 n/a.
(Actually it starts both Perkins and the gen set.) It weighs abt 65 lbs.
This battery will do the job just fine. You certainly dont need a 130
lb battery.
understand if I keep them separated from each
> other most of the time they will last longer than if I parallel them
> all together permanently.
This is true , but I have 4 grp 31's paralleled for the house bank.
In your case IMHO you dont need to go through. the trouble. If you
feel
more comfortable with two grp 31's just parallel them.
On my boat I can put the house bank on line to start both engines. This
is done through the combiner switch that came with the boat.
Charles C. Culotta
Patterson, La.
95 Miles West of New Orleans
On ICW
