Bob, don't laugh about popping the clutch. I used to start my old 1GM Yanmar with a hand crank.
Back in the day, I occasionally found myself with 2 dead batteries and nothing to get the engine going. We'd simply pull out the hand crank, decompress the cylinder, spin it around and then release. Worked like a charm... Not so much on my Perkins 4-236 though. On 12/4/12, Bob Moriarty <bobmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Danny, > The good ol' Atomic 4. Under sail, with a big enough prop, you don't even > need a battery to start it. Just turn on the ignition and pop the clutch. > Doesn't work at the dock, though. What's the emoticon for exaggeration? > For the windlass, how about going manual? That would be a lot simpler. > Bob M > Ox 33-1 (w/A4 technology) > Jax, FL > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 3:56 PM, djhaug...@juno.com > <djhaug...@juno.com>wrote: > >> Well My answer is, the smaller deep cycle came with the boat and starts >> the atomic 4 just fine. So, I continued to use it as a starting battery >> and got 2 new, larger capacity for the house batteries. >> Danny >> >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------- >> From: Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net> >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Subject: Re: Stus-List Charging System Advice >> Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 14:40:54 -0600 >> >> Yes, you're correct. >> >> Fred Street -- Minneapolis >> S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( >> >> >> On Dec 4, 2012, at 2:36 PM, Gary Nylander <gnylan...@atlanticbb.net> >> wrote: >> >> My question on this thread is why is a deep cycle battery being used for >> starting. I understood that the deep cycle should be used for the house >> and >> a separate starting battery is for that purpose. Correct? >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com