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  1. Adding Additional House Batteries via the Starter Battery Cable

    E32-3 Adding Additional House Batteries via the Starter Battery Cable

    Summary: If you mount a remote OFF-1-2-ALL (let's call it a OFF-HOUSE-START-ALL) switch to the end of the Starter battery cable, that cable then becomes dual-use for multiple banks. Say, for example, to keep the existing Start battery on the START side of the remote switch and then to add one...
  2. F

    Refrigerator drains (2)house batteries E38-200

    While on a mooring(on vacation) the (2)house batteries are drained by the refrigerator. I need to run the engine almost every day and sometimes 2x to recharge the batteries. During the rest of the season the boat is on a slip with shore power...
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    Batteries, Batteries, Batteries, Hmmmm.....

    Hello all, I am new to this, not to sailing, but sail boats with batteries, engines etc. So..... I have a 25+. The PO did nothing as far as up keep, maintainance. I want to be as self sufficient as possible. Solar power etc. Right now there is a sears marine batterie. Doing some research I'm...
  4. Loren Beach

    Battery upgrade project

    There seems to be an on-going Ericson discussion of battery upgrades or changes. Here is a picture of the main change I made to our Olson. The original set-up from the factory was a pair of group 24 12-volt batteries mounted under the bottom step, in a molded-in pan in front of the engine. I...
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