195s Dual Battery & Sound System Upgrade

[Farny]

That’s what I meant. Add one switch and treat the house batteries as one. Instead of having two switches and treating all like separate banks. Just have one starter battery on one and the two house as one battery paralleled. That way when the switch is on the two house batteries they are combined as one battery and they will also charge as one when riding.

Here is a diagram - just think of your two “house batteries in parallel. Keep in mind this way you will also drain your start battery, don’t want to be on the water with no start. May want to carry a jump pack just in case.

 

[Farny]

Update - so I’ve been avoiding spending the additional $$ for WetSounds. Have to say pretty happy with Kicker…but…. I replaced my kicker KXM 400.2 amp powering the 4 8” Kicker tower speakers with the WetSounds HT-2 - I confess, the power of the WS made a difference. Much Bigger sound. Kicker was pushing 100w RMS to each speaker @ 2 Ohm, the WS is now pushing 150W RMS to each. Wow! Only comment is the WS runs a bit warmer temperature than kicker which was almost cold to the touch.

 

[yearofbryan]

@Farny I know this is an old thread so I may need to start a new one. Basically installing same setup you had outlined on the first page on a 2023 AR195 with two AGM batteries. Through all the research on here the only thing I never see mention of is how to move the wiring for the head unit, bilge and lights to the new house battery and it's fuse panel? Any insights would be very much appreciated as I am only good enough to be dangerous at wiring configurations. Would love to have my start battery pretty much just a start battery as it is still a group 24, and the new house is group 31 100ah. Thanks!

 

[Farny]

@Farny I know this is an old thread so I may need to start a new one. Basically installing same setup you had outlined on the first page on a 2023 AR195 with two AGM batteries. Through all the research on here the only thing I never see mention of is how to move the wiring for the head unit, bilge and lights to the new house battery and it's fuse panel? Any insights would be very much appreciated as I am only good enough to be dangerous at wiring configurations. Would love to have my start battery pretty much just a start battery as it is still a group 24, and the new house is group 31 100ah. Thanks!

When using the acr, it Really boils down to what post of the battery switch you run those to. Blue seas has some good diagram options. I’ll send you DM with my phone number and we can chat.