Bilgewater
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jun 20, 2011
- Messages
- 276
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Sunset Lady
- Vessel Make
- 1975 Chris Craft 35 Aft Cabin
Overhauling my DC electrical system. Built a new battery box from 1/2 inch plywood and fiberglass. House bank is 6 volt golf cart batteries (690 amps) from Sam's club, and two 27 size 1000 cca start batteries. The hold downs are PVC L channels pop riveted together. All the grounds will connect to the 600 amp bus bar in the front. A cable will connect the single terminal on the left side for the battery charger, inverter, and panel. A similar bus will be installed on the side for the positive cables of the house bank. The two fittings on the left hand shelf will hold 300 amp slo blow fuses for the starters. Cables go to on/off switches, and then to the starters. Both alternators and the battery charger will feed all the batteries through a ProIsocharger isolator. Fixing a lot of 40 year old problems along the way. Most of the battery cables have open terminal ends and show corrosion. I'm replacing them with closed terminal ends and shrink wrap. Also need to clean up the connections at the engine blocks. The fun never stops!