Lewmar 700 Pro (horizontal) windlass install note (hole cut)

Ref start battery. Not all of the boats have VSR, If the boat had a VSR, it may or may not have closed--that is an unknown--but if you really want, you have the Victron Gauge to monitor the voltage of both batteries (at least my Link allows 2 battery voltages to be monitored).

If you have depleted the start battery with an engine start--then there is something either wrong with the battery size, condition or the engine. A 150 +/- amp load for a few seconds should not deplete a battery, if sufficient size.

The engine should have been warmed up for at least a couple of minutes before you put in it gear.
 
So it sounds like it would be fine (and perhaps even a good thing) to hook up the windlass to the start battery, even though it is a smaller battery (why I wondered). This would certainly simplify things if I do move the house bank, and even if I don't, it would also avoid any potential issue if I had run my house battery down to close to 50% over a longer period at anchor.

I would already have started the engine before putting any load on the start battery with the windlass. After all, it's not like I'm going to up anchor and sail to the next spot :D So far I have never had to do anything but basically turn the key to start my engine, so it's not like I am cranking for minutes like a car in January. Essentially, the start battery's only job (unless I hook the windlass up to it) is to start the engine; otherwise it is sacred and untouched :D

My battery monitor only monitors one bank, and that is the house bank. There is a version that monitors voltage only on a second bank, but I did not purchase that one.
 
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