Battery numbering

[Maynard Rupp]

I just added this problem to my shaft packing thread, but figured it should be a seperate thread. Our owners manual for our 36 idetifies the forward battery as port engine/ house, and the rear battery as starboard engine/ gen set start. I am almost sure that is the way our boat was when we were in Detroit. Last month I had to use the parrellel start switch to get port to crank. I knew that battery was pretty old so I replaced it. I still had the same problem. Last weekend we removed the ground lead from that forward battery and turned a cabin light on. Huh!!!, not possible. So I cranked the port engine. Yup, it cranked but the starboard did not. Our batteries are reversed from the book for sure, but I still think they were not like that. It must be this damn salt water eh? The cables cannot be phisically switched at the batteries. Now if I could solve our electrolysis problem this boat would be perfect. Damn that salt water.

 

[Fanfare]

Well Maynard, you can always move to Michigan and boat with Sky in all that fresh water!

 

[NAN-PO 41]

Maynard,
On my boat there is a selector switch that will allow me to choose which bank I want to use as my house bank. ( it is located at the main breaker box.) If your boat has that capability it would be easy for someone to cross the feed wires there. If not then maybe they could be swapped at the DC breaker box.
Fred