Hello to all and thanks for reading. I'm looking for moral support or advice as to wiring my Alumaweld 16' bass boat for fishing and duck hunting. I currently have one dual purpose group 24 cranking battery and two group 27 deep cycles. <br /><br />For the trolling motor, I'd like to be able to switch between both deep cycles with a 3 way on-off-on 50 amp switch (located on the bow) and run my 12 volt trolling motor. I'm looking to use 6 guage marine wire for this.<br /><br />For duck season, I use a 12 volt cigarette lighter type accessory plug to power my 2,000,000 candle-power Qbeam. I'd like to add a 3 way on-off-on 10 amp switch at the bow for that so I can go between both deep cycle batteries if needed. I'm looking to use 8 or 10 gauge marine wire for this. <br /><br />As for nav lights, aerator, depth finder and gas gauge, I'll run those off of one of the deep cycle batteries. The bilge will run off the cranking battery.<br /><br />I'm also going to install a 4 battery monitoring gauge so I can monitor state of charge for all batteries. All items used on my boat will continue to have proper fuses for them.<br /><br />For emergency startups, I currently carry set of jumper cables and that seems to work fine for now. I'm considering putting a master switch going between the cranking and one of my deep cycle batteries later on.<br /><br />Any and all suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks for your time.<br /><br />TakeEm
