Ahoy There
I am putting back together my 1968
Morgan aft
Cockpit sloop 45
The previous owner let her sit at moring for about 5 years with not much
money to maintain her. After 5 months in
drydock a new
perkins 1408
rigging ,and extensive
work on the bottom or should I say expensive
work on bottom. I am enjoying the bay breezes here In SF/CA/USA. I installed a
battery tender for dockside and the
motor turns right over when leaving the
dock but the last time we went out she was hard starting after aprox 2hrs of sailing lisning to
music,used the auto pilot for a 5 min just for a test run with that not much else used .The
boat has a dual
battery setup non
Marine and cant determan age, However in
drydock I added the acid and distilled to freshen them up a little. I assume they are a least 10 years old and probably truck
batteries from some flea market. The
boat has a Dual battery switch as well.
Whew..
My question is Do I go with a deep cycle for #2 side which handels lights pumps ect and Go for a High cranking #1 for the
engine or stay deep cycle for both sides?
Also
Should the battery switch should it be on number 1 for starting and then switch to #2
for activities while not under
power?
Please give me
your feed back, Thanks.
KaiMarin
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