battery cofiguration

[te102056]

I have a 1980 43' The start battery for each engine is tied into the house batteries. Is the correct set up as follows?
pos on battery one to neg on battery two and then pos on battery two to neg battery one?
Then all outside connections ie charger, house lights etc connected to positive and negative on battery one, or does it matter if part are connected to battery one positive and part to battery two neg.

Or, is it pos on battery one attached to positive on battery two and neg on one attached to neg on two.
If so, can part of the pos wires be attached to either battery or must they be attached to battery one?
Same with neg.

[N4QC]

You may want to post this in the Albin Maintenance section for greater exposure to your question. Also, are you dealing with a 12 volt dc system or a 24 volt dc system? Think that there is a schematic for general battery and switching connections somewhere on this site…

Have fun,

[edgarcia737]

Hi, I have an 43' trawler. I heading up to the boat tomorrow. I look and see how our batteries are configured. I do know we are using four 6 volt golf carts batteries and one 12 volt starting battery for the generator. The golf cart batteries are being used in two pairs in series. Two 6 volt batteries in series for battery number one and the other two in series for battery number. There is a battery switch that controls what battery group you want to use. But take a look at the cable routing and get back to you. Or you can send me an email.

Ed

[te102056]

Thanks Ed. I think that I might try setting up the golf cart battery idea. kyshorestom@live.com