I installed the Add A Battery Kit myself (with plenty of list and Blue Sea help) last spring and the off position turns off the house battery. I presume it turns off the starting battery as well, but I have never tried to start the engine in the off position. Dave
> On Apr 8, 2018, at 12:40 PM, DON JONSSON via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Hello > > Last year when we installed a new engine we had the local mechanic do two > things. Align the engine and do the wiring. This is question about the > wiring for people who have the same Blue Sea kit. > > To manage the batteries we are using the Blue Sea Dual Circuit Plus 5511e > switch and the 7610 ACR. Although we already had the ACR these two combined > are what Blue Sea call the Add A Battery Kit. Both of these are connected > correctly but the behaviour seems wrong to us. When we set the 5511e to > 'Off" it turns only one of the batteries off. In our case it leaves the > house battery connected through the switch and disconnects the starter > battery. Using and ohm meter with the batteries disconnected we have found > that in the 'Off' position only one side of the switch is closed and the > other open. So it is the switch doing this, not some bad wiring going to the > house. This seems like a faulty switch to us. > > Here is the catch. We contacted the company that sold us the switch and > installed it, Gartside, and they said that is the way it is supposed to work. > It should only turn off the starter battery. I have looked at all the Blue > Sea material and this seems wrong to me, according to the literature, but it > never specifically says what is done in the 'off' position, but it certainly > seems to imply that both sides should be turned on and off simultaneously. > It also has a combined mode, but that is a separate thing. > > Does anyone else have this setup and how does yours work. > > Thanks > Don > Andante, C&C 34 > Victoria, BC > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT
_______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
