BLUE SEA SYSTEMS Mini Battery Switch, MFG# 6011, Red, 300A cont., 500A int., 32VDC. Positions: two-circuit on-off with combiner / BS-6011 /

hi I'm Jim McFarland with Portland electronic sales service and technical coordinator and today we're going to be talking about battery switches and why you would select different switches for your boat the most common style of switch on the market has been in use for years and despite the appearance of this one the general function is that we have an off position a battery 1 battery 2 and an all combined and the issue with these they've been in use for many years they have three terminals on the back is that no matter which the switch position that you choose everything in the boat is being run off either battery 1 or battery 2 why is that a problem in an old in the old days and when we have boats that don't have electronics on them not so much of a problem these days we've got a lot of electronics and they are sensitive to voltage spikes and voltage surges so when we have everything c