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11-07-2012, 04:58 PM #1
My only real concern with this unless im not understanding what your doing it connecting the stereo to the rest of the boat.
If you want a duel battery so you have the stereo on 1 battery and the rest of the boat on the house battery, typically the way most people do it.
I had mine connected by,
Battery 1 is house, + to Pole 1 on switch
Battery 2 is stereo + to Pole 2 on switch
Alternator, starter went to Common connect on the switch.
Ground from battery 1 went to boats ground
Gound from battery 2 went to Battery 1 ground
Factory circuit breaker line for master power went to Battery 1 +
Stereo + and - went to battery 2
This allows you to run your stereo and if it kills the battery you still have a start battery
This also allows you to charge eighter the stereo or house battery, dependent on where your switch is selected.
1 house
2 stereo
3 combines both banks as 1 big battery, also allows charging of all batteries
In this configuration when you switch it to Off it only turns the Boat systems completly off.
Technically you could turn the stereo on still but since the stereo runs off the rocker switch there is no power to it.
But if the stereo shorted it would drain that battery still
<disclaimer im pulling from memory 2 summers ago when i had no ACR>
I personally never connect my Stereo system to the house battery or allow anything from the boat side to ground with my stereo bank. This keeps the noise out.Malo <--- Means--Evil or Mean One. This explains a lot.
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