Pictures of my dual GV2 battery setup.
I replaced the Group 24 battery (85 amp/hour) with a pair of GC2 batteries (215 amp/hour) from Sam's Club. I also used a 2 gauge wire to connect the two batteries. The battery box is from Century Pl...
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The black wire to the positive post is the Barker power wire. This powers the Barker power jack. All the power jacks I've had, had a black positive power wire.
The positive and negative cables are both the same size, 6 gauge. Maybe an optical illusion since the picture was taken at an angle.
The positive and negative cables are both the same size, 6 gauge. Maybe an optical illusion since the picture was taken at an angle.
Matt_Colie wrote:
Altee,
The job is real clean and in coming years you will realize the effort was well spent.
There are some minor things
Not only is Gordon right about "Where's the fuse?", but you have a black wire going to a positive post. At least get some read tape to mark it. That is the kind of thing that will get screwed up when you least can afford it.
In the pictures, it looks like the cables to the bank are different sizes. While this may never matter, If you have charging difficulties, this could be a factor.
I have been changing owners boats that had paralleled 12V over to 6V in series until the money ran out a few years back. To a man, they saw an improvement in the available house power.
Matt
