I'm rebuilding my
battery compartment and trying to cram 100lbs of **** in a 10lbs. bag. I'm going to have 600Ah of
AGM, plus my
engine starter
battery, and 420watts of
solar with a 2 battery controller.
Currently I have a
Pathmaker 200 battery combiner, and my master switch has been rewired to go just to the house bank and act as just an on/off switch. Considering I want stay on the hook as much as possible (well regardless of being on the hook or not) Considering 420 watts of
solar with a dual battery
charger, is the Pathmaker really necessary?
I'm kind of thinking of losing the Pathmaker and replacing my
current master switch with one of
these. On/off for both
batteries, keeping them isolated with the option to combine for
emergency starting. I figure, less
parts, less
wiring, less clutter, simpler. And I'd still have redundancy. The only thing I'd be losing is the ability to charge my
engine start battery off
shore power...but like I said, I plan on being on the hook as much as possible anyway. And with all that solar do i really need to charge off
shore power?