First, I've studied over and over the wiring diagrams obtained by searching for Alternator wiring. Three diagrams drawn by Stu I studied but still can't relate.
My Goal: Route my Alt charging circuit directly to my bat 1 to avoid any accidental disruption while switching batteries resulting in Alt damage. At this time, no upgrade of Alt (23yrs of deferred maintenance at the house cut into boat funds for summer.)
Presently, charge + output of Alt goes over to starter and shares a stud with the heavy wire going up to C post on OEM switch.
note: OEM switches 1 & 2 both go to 1-2-B switches for a total of 4 batteries.
The wire leaving the Alt has a tap (like the old 3M connecters that routes a + to some gray thing that also has a ground wire on it> WTH is that???? noise suppressor or something??? That is between the Alt and starter.
Questions:
If I run a cable from the Alt to battery 1, switch 1 and then use switches to distribute output underway do I need abandon the attachment to starter? Will the redundancy of Alt --> Battery1 + post with still connecting to starter cause a problem, i.e. two paths to the same destinations???
I don't know if my OEM switch is a make, then break style but I would like to avoid make, break switches, combiners, isolators and other electronic components an, at least for now, use the KISS method.
That gray thing still bothers me, anyone know what it is??? Could it be an alien tracking devise? Or, the NSA tracking me???? If it is, this hard drive needs to crash and get recycled promptly.
Any help on this is really appreciated! Sorry for the remedial questions
Steve
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My Goal: Route my Alt charging circuit directly to my bat 1 to avoid any accidental disruption while switching batteries resulting in Alt damage. At this time, no upgrade of Alt (23yrs of deferred maintenance at the house cut into boat funds for summer.)
Presently, charge + output of Alt goes over to starter and shares a stud with the heavy wire going up to C post on OEM switch.
note: OEM switches 1 & 2 both go to 1-2-B switches for a total of 4 batteries.
The wire leaving the Alt has a tap (like the old 3M connecters that routes a + to some gray thing that also has a ground wire on it> WTH is that???? noise suppressor or something??? That is between the Alt and starter.
Questions:
If I run a cable from the Alt to battery 1, switch 1 and then use switches to distribute output underway do I need abandon the attachment to starter? Will the redundancy of Alt --> Battery1 + post with still connecting to starter cause a problem, i.e. two paths to the same destinations???
I don't know if my OEM switch is a make, then break style but I would like to avoid make, break switches, combiners, isolators and other electronic components an, at least for now, use the KISS method.
That gray thing still bothers me, anyone know what it is??? Could it be an alien tracking devise? Or, the NSA tracking me???? If it is, this hard drive needs to crash and get recycled promptly.
Any help on this is really appreciated! Sorry for the remedial questions
Steve
visit us at www.ocontoyachtclub.com www.warbirdsix.com and visit AirVenture2014 Oshkosh, WI