I'm almost done with this dual battery dilemma.. talked to the electrician and for simplicity decided to go with Slee's approach.. got most of the parts but there is a problem..
the optima batteries I've got are both designed to be installed on the right side under the hood.. hence if I install one on the left side the (+) would be closer to the body which might lead to a fire in case of accidents etc I was told.. so would it be a problem to keep my current starting battery and use one of the deep cycle optima's as an auxiliary battery?
another thing is the solenoid.. I've decided to go with blue sea.. if money is not an issue.. should I go with the
automatic or
manual ? what I understood from the site is that the automatic can also be overridden to manually separate the batteries..