PT Battery Banks

[Peter T. Arnold]

FYI
Perko switches are commonly used in ambulances. Find a company that
scraps ambulances of repairs them and you will have a source.


On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:46:21 EDT, you wrote:

>Hi Scott,
>
>The battery switch I installed was a heavy duty Perko brand marine battery
>switch...Guest is another brand you can probably use...it is a battery switch
>used to create two banks of batteries, most common on a boat, that uses a lot
>of electronics (radar, fish finders, radios) when the boat is turned off, so
>if you run one battery bank down, you can always start the boat (or
>motorhome) motor with the other battery bank. The switch typically is a large
rotary
>switch, with a "off", "1", "2" or "Both" position. I had to make new
>battery cables, and they run into the Perko switch, and out again. Just make
sure
>you switch to the "Both" position when the coach motor is running, so both
>banks can charge at the same time. This switch is the sure-shot battery
>shut-off, and disconnects all DC battery power from the coach killing
>everything...no need to use the electronic master or the DC switch underneath
the steering
>column....the Perko kills everything.
>
>Hope this makes sense! Let me know if you need any more info.
>
>Kevin McKeown
>Yorba Linda, CA
>1986 38' PT
>
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