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gero1
05-06-2010, 06:59 AM
if i wanted to just put 1 battery in the boat instead of 2, do you hook all the red leads to the pos post and all the grounds to the neg? would i run the battery switch on 1 or 2?

VetteLT193
05-06-2010, 08:32 AM
if i wanted to just put 1 battery in the boat instead of 2, do you hook all the red leads to the pos post and all the grounds to the neg? would i run the battery switch on 1 or 2?

you don't have to double up on the lines except for any hard wired stuff. Usually the only thing hard wired is the bilge pump(s).

Tape off and secure the wires for the 2nd battery then put your selection to whatever battery you hook up.

zelatore
05-06-2010, 09:06 AM
What vette said.

If this was to be a permanent mod, then I'd remove all the 2nd battery cables and change the battery switch from a '1-2-both-off' type to a simple 'on-off' type just to clean things up.

Obviously you'll save weight and some room in the engine compartment - is that why you're changing?

I think this is the first time I've seen somebody go DOWN in battery count! Usually people are adding batteries.

gero1
05-06-2010, 08:46 PM
i can only hear the radio going in and out of the marina's, the rest of the time i am tied up to a house boat. i bought 1 1000ca(800cca) interstate marine cranking battery

glashole
05-07-2010, 10:11 AM
wait until the day you forget to turn something off and wish you had another battery to fire it up

gero1
05-07-2010, 09:12 PM
thats why i have you my brother from another mother, too tow me in

CaribouLou
05-07-2010, 09:14 PM
wait until the day you forget to turn something off and wish you had another battery to fire it up

That's never happened ;)