Mass big switch

[pelissima]

On our First38 vintage 84 and in the right rear cabin four large switches exist.
The windlass, engine, services and mass. During the twenty last years the mass one was never used. I was just thinking to use this to occasionally parallel the engine battery plus to services.
Would you see any reason for not doing so?

 

[LadyInBed]

What does the Mass switch control at the moment?

 

[pelissima]

It is like taking the minus pole off the batteries, unless I did not looked carefully...

 

[LadyInBed]

I was just thinking to use this to occasionally parallel the engine battery plus to services.
Would you see any reason for not doing so?

Sounds like a good case for putting in a 1-2-both switch

 

[PaulRainbow]

On our First38 vintage 84 and in the right rear cabin four large switches exist.
The windlass, engine, services and mass. During the twenty last years the mass one was never used. I was just thinking to use this to occasionally parallel the engine battery plus to services.
Would you see any reason for not doing so?

Let's see if i have this right......

The "Mass" switch is connected to the battery negatives ?

You want to fit a pair of cables to the engine and service switches, for emergency engine starting ?

If so, that is a perfectly reasonable idea Just bolt the negative cable ends together insulate and secure them.

 

[PaulRainbow]

Sounds like a good case for putting in a 1-2-both switch

How'd you figure that ?

 

[pvb]

How'd you figure that ?

He did add a smiley....

 

[pelissima]

Let's see if i have this right......

The "Mass" switch is connected to the battery negatives ?

You want to fit a pair of cables to the engine and service switches, for emergency engine starting ?

If so, that is a perfectly reasonable idea Just bolt the negative cable ends together insulate and secure them.

That's what I thought. Thx

 

[LadyInBed]

He did add a smiley....

Cast the hook, didn't even need bait!