Americas Splitting the batteries

[TJ D]

Hello, I may be missing a prior discussion, but has anyone split the dual batteries into a 'house' and 'start' battery? This is ubiquitous on boats, the start battery isn't used for domestic load so you don't end up stranded if you leave the lights on for too long. Curious if it's been done by anyone.

 

[anand]

It would just require you to wire your added accessories to the aux battery; unless you wanted to get rid of the trickle charge back to the main battery, in which case you'd just have to replace the isolator with something else (such as the Blue Sea ML-ACR)

 

[TJ D]

It would just require you to wire your added accessories to the aux battery; unless you wanted to get rid of the trickle charge back to the main battery, in which case you'd just have to replace the isolator with something else (such as the Blue Sea ML-ACR)

Yes, thanks. I'm just wondering how much opening of panels and other general surgery will be required, or if everything's at the batteries. I'll have mine on Tuesday, so I'll get to go digging then. Yay.