Great post and I learned a lot.
I plan to upgrade my Beneteau OC37 electrical in the spring so doing research now. I'll upgrade the dumb Hatachi alternator with Balmar Alt+MaxCharge Reg, remove the diode based isolator and install ACR. I hope to add solar after this upgrade is done also but not part of this project. My OC37 comes with 3 switches so I plan to use the 3 three switch design outlined by MaineSail as his favorite in his post.
My question is; When cruising and my house batts discharged quite a bit to say 60% for example, they need much longer charge time than the start batt requires. With the ARC relay enabled charging both banks all the time, will this burn out my start batt? Should I disconnect the start bank during long charges? I'd like to have a set it and forget it and remove the human factor as much as possible.
Any feedback appreciated.
I plan to upgrade my Beneteau OC37 electrical in the spring so doing research now. I'll upgrade the dumb Hatachi alternator with Balmar Alt+MaxCharge Reg, remove the diode based isolator and install ACR. I hope to add solar after this upgrade is done also but not part of this project. My OC37 comes with 3 switches so I plan to use the 3 three switch design outlined by MaineSail as his favorite in his post.
My question is; When cruising and my house batts discharged quite a bit to say 60% for example, they need much longer charge time than the start batt requires. With the ARC relay enabled charging both banks all the time, will this burn out my start batt? Should I disconnect the start bank during long charges? I'd like to have a set it and forget it and remove the human factor as much as possible.
Any feedback appreciated.