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Hey smart guys, learn me if this is a dumb idea.
I am trying to figure out how to put a dedicated Perko switch in for my solar charger. This is a stand alone switch, and has no bearing on the 2 main battery switches. These are identical Perko's.
Two options:
#1.
Current from 100W solar panel on T-Top flows to Charge Con*****er (CC).
CC output goes to the COMMON lug on the back of a Perko Switch.
Batteries ONE and TWO are hooked to the 1 and 2 lugs on the back of the Perko switch.
Before I start the boat, I select OFF.
When I leave the boat, I select ALL. Both batteries receive current. However, both are tied should one fail, it takes the other.
#2.
Current from 100W solar panel flows to the CC.
CC output is split into TWO wires. One wire goes to BATT 1 directly. The second wire goes to one of the two input lugs on the perko. Lets say 2 for example. The COMMON lug on the perko goes to the second battery.
When I leave the boat, I select 2 on that perko and send the V to the second battery. I'm trying to find a way to isolate them, yet charge them both.
And, I don't that option 2 will do that due to the connections.
Am I tokin' the bud on this arrangement? Seems to me that either / or is easily accomplished but as soon as I wire the second battery up, its wired to the first.
'Lectrics and I don't generally see eye to eye.
I am trying to figure out how to put a dedicated Perko switch in for my solar charger. This is a stand alone switch, and has no bearing on the 2 main battery switches. These are identical Perko's.
Two options:
#1.
Current from 100W solar panel on T-Top flows to Charge Con*****er (CC).
CC output goes to the COMMON lug on the back of a Perko Switch.
Batteries ONE and TWO are hooked to the 1 and 2 lugs on the back of the Perko switch.
Before I start the boat, I select OFF.
When I leave the boat, I select ALL. Both batteries receive current. However, both are tied should one fail, it takes the other.
#2.
Current from 100W solar panel flows to the CC.
CC output is split into TWO wires. One wire goes to BATT 1 directly. The second wire goes to one of the two input lugs on the perko. Lets say 2 for example. The COMMON lug on the perko goes to the second battery.
When I leave the boat, I select 2 on that perko and send the V to the second battery. I'm trying to find a way to isolate them, yet charge them both.
And, I don't that option 2 will do that due to the connections.
Am I tokin' the bud on this arrangement? Seems to me that either / or is easily accomplished but as soon as I wire the second battery up, its wired to the first.
'Lectrics and I don't generally see eye to eye.
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