Keith: Your "fellow poster's" name must be Jake Cinnamon? Yeah I am going to change the wiring on that switch and make sure I have two batteries working "together" on 12vdc to crank that bad boy before I go and hit it with 24. I never had to put 24 on it before and don't want to have to resort...
Keith: Yes it makes more sense to me that the switch should be wired in as you said. I will try that, thank you. By the way, how long have you had your Irwin?
Thank you WARoss and CCJersey. Ok, I once more spent some time at the boat on the problem. I mentioned earlier that I had a battery switch (with L.E.D. bar type readout voltage indicator on panel) for a 2 battery bank arrangement. There are four positions on the switch which may be selected...
I went by the boat after work and inspected the battery cables leading to the battery selector switch. Number one battery is the one that has been showing less voltage on the LED bar readout so I checked its cable first. I did not even bother to put a volt meter on them at this point. While...
Keith: This is a 1974 Irwin 32.5 CC Ketch rigged sailboat. Perkins 4-108 diesel (40 hp I think) and no glow plugs, fresh water cooled. What I mean by "move" the boat is that we are in hurricane season and I have to get this engine running ASAP to be prepared to move the boat elsewhere via the...
Hey Keith Cress: I did not see your posting relating to mine until I had replied a few minutes ago (please read). Anyway, yes I am concerned and want to do this right but needing to move my boat in a hurry, so was considering the 24 volts. The engine has started just fine in the past utilizing...
Actually WAROSS, I was also referring to the usage of jumper cables although I shall consider employing your method here at a later date. So, any direction you can give me towards doing this little maneuver with jumper cables? Left alone, I was considering using the jumper cables to make a...
I am considering applying 24 volts to a 12VDC system on my boat. The Perkins diesel is not turning over fast enough. WAROSS posted this earlier (part of a response):
"I have used 24 volts on 12 volt starters many times. There are a couple of tricks to get 24 volts to the starter without...
