ark Pak and a marine switch

austintaco

Explorer
Wow. I am so glad I checked in here. I have been searching on the internet about how to wire in a battery switch to my Ark Pak. My situation is similar to the one below this thread, but I did not want to detract from it. My current setup is: My starter battery goes to a Blue sea fuse block with negative terminals. I have 2 Positive leads from the Fuse block that run to the back of my Flippac. One lead has a relay and a switch so that I can turn power to it on and off from the cab. Both of these leads have Anderson connectors. In my Flippac, I have another Blue Sea fuse block that I have all of the camper accessories run from. That fuse block also has an anderson connector coming off of it. As it stands now, I can manually connect the camper "house" accessories to be run from the Ark Pak or from either the direct line from the main battery or the line with a switch. I want to throw in a Marine 4 pole switch to be able to switch back and forth from the two batteries. I also want to be able to charge the Ark Pak while driving with the anderson connectors And monitor the charge with a simple button style voltmeter up front. If I use a 4 position switch, will the alternator charge both batteries while in "Both" mode or will it just charge the first battery in line, the starter battery.
 

john61ct

Adventurer
A Both switch parallels "both" circuits into one.

Make sure not to isolate the Alt from both while running, better for that to be hardwired to Starter if House gets disconnected.
 

austintaco

Explorer
Thanks, John. Im going to use my in cab switch to continue charging the Ark Pak while driving. I'll just turn it off and check the button style voltmeter I planned to hook up, to gauge how much of a charge I have. I'll leave the Ark Pak connected to the rear fuse panel so all camper accessories are powered through the Ark Pak.
 

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