Holgersson
New Member
- Feb 13, 2017
- 4
- Boat Info
- SeaRay 240 Sundancer 2000
Garmin 721xs
- Engines
- Mercruiser 5.0 EFI Bravo 3
Hi!
Sundancer 240 -00, Mercruiser 5.0 EFI Bravo 3.
The Swedish summer is coming and we’re getting ready to hit the water after a long cold winter.
Due to last seasons problems with our battery economy (two kids in the early teens demands ah ) I’m now getting a relay to separate the house batteries and the starting battery, before there was two batteries that were both house and starting in parallel. Now will we axpand the bank with a third.
Installing the relay is no problem, except for finding the D+ on the alternator, because the relay will only separate the house with the starting battery when the ignition is on. I Could wire on to the ignition switch, but I’m too lazy and it seems to unnecessarily to do that long wiring when I have all what I need in the engine bay.
At some forum the idea was the purple wire shown in picture, but on my alternator the purple wire is attached with a red/purple wire in a socket, no place for further attachment there?
I hope my Swedish kind of English not messed it up totally so you guys can make some sense out of it..
Take care!
Sundancer 240 -00, Mercruiser 5.0 EFI Bravo 3.
The Swedish summer is coming and we’re getting ready to hit the water after a long cold winter.
Due to last seasons problems with our battery economy (two kids in the early teens demands ah ) I’m now getting a relay to separate the house batteries and the starting battery, before there was two batteries that were both house and starting in parallel. Now will we axpand the bank with a third.
Installing the relay is no problem, except for finding the D+ on the alternator, because the relay will only separate the house with the starting battery when the ignition is on. I Could wire on to the ignition switch, but I’m too lazy and it seems to unnecessarily to do that long wiring when I have all what I need in the engine bay.
At some forum the idea was the purple wire shown in picture, but on my alternator the purple wire is attached with a red/purple wire in a socket, no place for further attachment there?
I hope my Swedish kind of English not messed it up totally so you guys can make some sense out of it..
Take care!