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It is common in the industry for House Bank to be Bank 1 and Engine Bank to be Bank 2. But I have had boats wired the other way and it makes no difference electrically. As I said above, it depends on how you have your banks set up. If both your banks are identical it doesn't matter at all which is w...

Well it can depend on how many batteries are in each bank (and what kind they are). I have one flooded lead acid in my engine start bank (#2 on my boat) and 2 AGMs in my house bank (#1 on my boat). But yours may be different.

Nice. I will look for it.

Very interesting document. I know you had a lightening strike. I would be very interested in knowing the full extent of the damage as well as what protection you built in afterwards. I will search for subjects on the site to see if you already wrote all that up somewhere. Thanks Geoff

Great schematic. Did you draw that in Visio?

So did you replace either the same model? I have a manual Raritan but thinking of going electric. Have you been happy with yours?

I found someone sellin Bass reconditioned meters and replaced my failing ones with those. I like the way the look but they have limited functionality. I recently purchased a Bluesea OLED boat monitor that monitors 2 battery banks, 120v system, and either two bilge pumps or two tanks or one of each. ...

I spent time working on my traveler yesterday. Turns out two of the blocks were completely frozen. I ended up lining all blocks and the traveler cars (yes there are two) with McLube One Drop. Got everything moving much better. But I do think a bearing replacement is in order for both cars and all bl...

I will definitely take a look!