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Old 03-29-2013, 08:28 PM   #7
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OK, I am going to hijack my own thread here, but I just had a thought (often not a good thing).

Current Set Up:

Stb Bank (1 8D) starts Stb Engine.

Port Bank (1 8D) starts port engine AND serves as house bank.

Parallel switch in between them.

What if I just paralleled the two 8D on the port side and added the 4D to start the stb side? I know that would leave me without a dedicated start bank, but I could always parallel the two if needed, and theoretically, the 4D on the stb side would be isolated from the house bank.

So that would mean the new set up would be:

Port bank (2 8D) starts port engine and serves as house bank.

Stb side (1 4D) starts STb engine.

Parallel switch between them. And maybe the acr?

Port engine charges port bank. Stb engine charges stb bank.

Sure would be simple.

Thoughts?
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