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Looking for battery selector knob
Posted: January 24th, 2022, 12:05 pm
by Ctmangrum
Trying to find a battery selector knob for 1976 2896 Mariner. Don't know where to even start. Strictly for the looks. Thanks.
Re: Looking for battery selector knob
Posted: January 24th, 2022, 1:03 pm
by km1125
Post a pic of what you have. There were only a couple different manufacturers. Perko was used frequently back then.
Re: Looking for battery selector knob
Posted: January 24th, 2022, 1:35 pm
by bud37
Ctmangrum wrote:Source of the post Trying to find a battery selector knob for 1976 2896 Mariner. Don't know where to even start. Strictly for the looks. Thanks.
Welcome to the forum.....my advice get a brand new switch, the contacts will be well worn etc if it is the original, there are better design switches now, make before break etc.......good luck with your up grade...
Re: Looking for battery selector knob
Posted: February 16th, 2022, 8:58 pm
by Ctmangrum
Never got notified I had a response. Here is a pic of the front of the switch that broke. Didn't snap one of the back. Has 4 terminals.
Re: Looking for battery selector knob
Posted: February 16th, 2022, 9:31 pm
by km1125
That's interesting. Never seen that style before.
Was able to find a similar one, but it's on a UK site:
https://midmarine.com/product/battery-switch-100a/I wonder how the diameter and mounting hole spacing matches up to the round Perko switches?
Re: Looking for battery selector knob
Posted: February 16th, 2022, 9:34 pm
by km1125
Funny.
AFTER I posted that I poked around just a bit and found TWO of those exact switches on EBAY. Called "Vintage Perko Switch"!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/144347230166?h ... SwxEphyeRchttps://www.ebay.com/itm/185191580249?h ... SwbX1hpalkThere were more too, they just get more expensive.
Re: Looking for battery selector knob
Posted: February 17th, 2022, 7:58 am
by Ctmangrum
Really appreciate it. Didn't know it was Perko
Re: Looking for battery selector knob
Posted: February 17th, 2022, 8:00 am
by Ctmangrum
What did you actually search for? What keywords did you use?
Re: Looking for battery selector knob
Posted: February 17th, 2022, 8:03 am
by Ctmangrum
Im going to post a pic of the back. Mine has 4 terminals and everything i found has 3.
Re: Looking for battery selector knob
Posted: February 17th, 2022, 8:57 am
by km1125
Ctmangrum wrote:What did you actually search for? What keywords did you use?
On ebay, I just searched for "vintage perko switch". I did an image for "vintage vapor-tight marine switch" at one point and I think that's where I got a clue it was an actual Perko. I was leaning to it being something a previous owner had upgraded and I couldn't find anything like it, until I stumbled on one in that UK site but those didn't have the "vapor-tight" label on the front. Looks like they used the same housing though.
Ctmangrum wrote:Im going to post a pic of the back. Mine has 4 terminals and everything i found has 3.
I wonder if it also has a field disconnect on it? I think that would require 5 terminals though (or at least most that do have 5). Although, if it really had a field disconnect, then it probably wouldn't have that "stop engines before switching" warning on the front.
Yea, post of pic of the back too.