On Friday, January 27, 2017 at 10:35:50 AM UTC-8, Andrey Lebedev wrote:
Hello group,

I did a wiring overhaul in my cockpit recently. I learned a lot in the process and decided to document my research for various ways you can connect batteries to your electronics. Hopefully this will be helpful to folks like me half a year ago.

https://medium.com/taming-a-sailplan...y-479b6632fedd

For my ship I've chosen scheme I call "Commuted circuits". I must admit I was pretty amazed by elegance of the solution.

Any feedback, especially practical experience, is highly appreciated.

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Andrey Lebedev
WU

Here is an electronic battery isolator that solves all of the problems about voltage drop, cross battery current flow and switch-over glitches:

http://www.powerstream.com/DC-UPS-1212.htm

Disclaimer: I have not used this device

Tom