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Originally Posted by steffen707
Well I never thought about doing that, but great idea.
That way when the deep cycles are depleated you flip it over to regular starting battery and the alternator doesn't see the huge load of the depleated deep cycles. I got it! 
Did you ever find the female side of the alternator plug? I guess I don't know which one is considered the male end and which the female. I was hoping i could find the other end somewhere, but without tearing apart an alternator housing i don't know if this path is possible. |
Thanks!
I never did find the other side of the alt connector. I asked a few people and in parts stores and even an auto electric shop. No go. I tried using 1/8" wide male blade crimp connectors. You need to narrow them some otherwise they don't want to go into the metric-dimensioned slots in the cables' side of the connector. I used a Dremel for that, with a (fiber-reinforced) cutoff wheel. One of my absolute favorite tools, sorry I didn't get one years earlier.
Anyway, the narrowed blade connectors do the job but access is horrible until you remove the alt + cable. I gave up on the idea and did my thing with a new alt cable and the green knob switch. With that, I didn't need to build switched wiring between the separated 4 pin connectors.
Even with the positive cable out of the way, it's kinda cramped there, but you might be able to make your connections. Just be sure you pull the battery ground cable before you go near the alt + cable.