Starting Batteries

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Don,

You may want to know, if the Cat start battery and the coach
batteries are all tied together or are they separated.
Mixing batteries may not be a good idea.
Our 300 HP 3208 and coach batteries are all tied together in the FC.
There is a separate battery for the Onan, with its own dedicated
alternator.

I believe the Onan battery is also charged by the 3208 alternator
and the 110V charger, using blocking diodes. I am a little unsure
of this last statement. I have not had any trouble here, so I have
not explored the wireing schematics.

Bill 88 FC


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, dspithaler@a... wrote:
>
> I was wandering what starting batteries was good for a 3208 300
HP TA. When
> I got mine it had deep cycle batteries in the engine compartment.
They were
> 675 CCA . When I went to get new batteries today I looked at
starting
> batteries that were 875 CCA .He said they were the same as they
put in a Ford Truck
> with a Diesel engine. I looked at my truck & sure enough that is
what it had
> in it. He said Interstate did make a commercial battery that big
trucks use.
> Now I am confused as what to get. Any opinion on what is the best
CCA ? What
> does everyone else use.
> Don
> 89 SP 36'
> Butler, PA
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