Lights Dim When Starting or When Bass Hits
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Lights Dim When Starting or When Bass Hits
Whenever I have cabin lights or cockpit lights on when I start engines they dim as much that they almost go out, also if bass is hitting then voltage goes up and down on port battery only. It's dimming in concert with the beat or the engine turning over. Put new deep cycle batteries in a month ago and installed a new deep cycle for the house battery last week. I don't think the batteries are wired in parallel they are dedicated one to each motor. The perko switch allows both batteries to be linked together but warns against it unless it's an emergency so one switch is on 1 and the other is on 2 as directed by switch box. Any insight would be appreciated.
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Whenever I have cabin lights or cockpit lights on when I start engines they dim as much that they almost go out, also if bass is hitting then voltage goes up and down on port battery only. It's dimming in concert with the beat or the engine turning over. Put new deep cycle batteries in a month ago and installed a new deep cycle for the house battery last week. I don't think the batteries are wired in parallel they are dedicated one to each motor. The perko switch allows both batteries to be linked together but warns against it unless it's an emergency so one switch is on 1 and the other is on 2 as directed by switch box. Any insight would be appreciated.
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you have mini starters on the engine?that should help.plus,how clean are the power and grounds?
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what size batteries do you have? I prefer 1000 amp'ers..
and yes its not good to run all the batteries on unless its a dead battery starting issue.
and yes its not good to run all the batteries on unless its a dead battery starting issue.
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Last edited by glassdave; 10-11-2014 at 11:29 PM.
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thats plenty
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08 OPA Class 1 National Champion
08 Class 1 Geico Triple Crown Champion
08 OPA High Points Champion
10 OPA Class 1 National Champion ( happy now Ed! )