jstauffer
Veteran Member
In the not to distant future I will be replacing my house batteries. Presently the boat has two (house) battery banks, one engine start battery and one genset start battery. The two house bank batteries are separated by isolation diodes and switches. One of the house banks is only two 6 volt lead acid batteries in series for 12 volts. It looks like at one time the PO was using this small house bank to power the anchor windless, but just before the main disconnect switch for the windless he ran a wire (6 or 8 gauge) to the distribution panel which now allows the small house bank to also feed the main DC distribution panel. I don't like this set up so will be changing that. My question is, should the anchor windless be powered from the house batteries, start battery or a battery of it's own. My thought is to have it powered from the engine start battery as I would always have the engine running when operating the windless.
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