[Rhodes22-list] Battery switch question: 1, 2 or both

[The Rhodes 22 Email List]

Thanks Hank. Geoff

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 9:47 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> Yes, when it is in both, the current would pass back through the switch to
> the other battery, but then the good battery would also be trying to charge
> the dead battery.  It's like jumping a car.  If you connect a good battery
> to a bad battery, it will drain the good one really fast.  That's why you
> always have the engine running on the "good" car.
>
> Hank
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 10:39 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Hank. I know nothing about electricity except that when you are
> > wallpapering around a switch plate in the bathroom turn off the breaker
> > before trying to use a wet razor to trim the paper around the hole.
> >
> > My water pump is wired directly into the battery but it has an inline
> fuse
> > at the battery connection. It did worry me that someone might
> accidentally
> > hit the faucet and turn the pump on when the water tank was empty so
> that's
> > why I installed the switch.
> >
> > Regarding the engine and lift: if I set the battery switch to "both"
> would
> > the engine/lift then be using the other battery? Thanks, Geoff
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 8:43 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> >  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Geoff,
> > >
> > > Ideally, if you have a battery switch, everything should be wired
> through
> > > the switch.  If you have two batteries and the engine and lift are
> wired
> > > directly into one of them, then you don't have the flexibility to use
> the
> > > other battery should the engine battery die for some reason.
> > >
> > > The water pump should be wired into the circuit breaker panel which
> then
> > > goes to the battery switch.
> > >
> > > Hank
> > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 9:22 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
> > > rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > My lift and engine are directly wired into one of the batteries.
> Also,
> > my
> > > > water pump for the sink is directly wired into a battery. I have
> > > installed
> > > > a switch for the water pump just below the galley sink.
> > > >
> > > > Geoff
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