TitanTn
05-13-2013, 08:05 PM
Okay, I need some help. Please hang through this description as it may get a little lengthy:
I've had a one battery setup until this winter. That battery is weak, but I hope to make it through this season and replace it over next winter. So this winter I installed a Perko switch front - http://assets.academy.com/mgen/06/10183206.jpg?is=500,500 and back - http://www.bassclubdigest.org/summer08/features/4-position-perko-switch.jpg
So I installed battery 1 (weak battery) to Perko Batt 1, and the new battery to Perko Batt 2. The common post receives the cable from the engine which powers the whole boat. Pretty simple and straight-forward.
Battery 1 (weak) has been on a tender all winter. When I started it this spring, it would barely turn the engine over, but it did start. I tested that Battery 2 powered the boat but I didn't attempt to use it to start until this weekend. It wouldn't even turn the engine over. Nothing. Silence.
So I charged it overnight and tried again tonight. It did turn the engine over, but it acts like the weak battery. It barely turns it over. Hmmm.
Is it possible for these switches to be bad? This is an older, used switch that I've had for quite some time. Any other thoughts? I will have to go through the system and check grounds, etc, but I thought I'd check opinions before I jumped in with both feet.
I've had a one battery setup until this winter. That battery is weak, but I hope to make it through this season and replace it over next winter. So this winter I installed a Perko switch front - http://assets.academy.com/mgen/06/10183206.jpg?is=500,500 and back - http://www.bassclubdigest.org/summer08/features/4-position-perko-switch.jpg
So I installed battery 1 (weak battery) to Perko Batt 1, and the new battery to Perko Batt 2. The common post receives the cable from the engine which powers the whole boat. Pretty simple and straight-forward.
Battery 1 (weak) has been on a tender all winter. When I started it this spring, it would barely turn the engine over, but it did start. I tested that Battery 2 powered the boat but I didn't attempt to use it to start until this weekend. It wouldn't even turn the engine over. Nothing. Silence.
So I charged it overnight and tried again tonight. It did turn the engine over, but it acts like the weak battery. It barely turns it over. Hmmm.
Is it possible for these switches to be bad? This is an older, used switch that I've had for quite some time. Any other thoughts? I will have to go through the system and check grounds, etc, but I thought I'd check opinions before I jumped in with both feet.