Battery Switch Question

[ducatidesmo]

Hey All,

Looking at swapping my Blue Sea Systems four position switch to a three position switch (on and both) which is completely isolated, along with a charging circuit. My question is, these are 65AMP switches.... Don't we have 110 AMP Alternators? This is an 18 230.

Thanks in advance.

[MLA]

The 6011 mini is 300A continuous. You do know that an ACR/VSR goes along with that switch change?

[ducatidesmo]

That was the one I was looking at, why do they advertise "for 65 amp alternators" I guess is my question. with that said, it's also the size that's in our boats.

The exact kit is below:
https://www.bluesea.com/products/764...tery_Kit_-_65A

[ducatidesmo]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH.... It's not the switch... it's the relay. I feel like a big dumb animal now.

Thanks
-Derrick

[MLA]

Just buy them a-la-carte and get the 6011 switch and 7610 ACR

[functionoverfashion]

Just a thought, if you only want a way to combine the batteries as an emergency jump-start, you can just use a simple disconnect switch between them. ON = connected, OFF = separated. Then the charging relay keeps the second battery charged. It's a little simpler to wire it up that way, if all you want is the ability to combine or isolate.

[ducatidesmo]

I'm actually kinda surprised they only setup the G boats with the 6011 and a charging relay. All the other boats use .. well what I got.