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Location: Home of the 2016 World Series Champion Cubs | I Just Installed 2 new Lowrance units in my boat. and the question came to mind, How much is too much. I currently have one battery dedicated to the Outboard for starting(12v marine starting battery, 630 marine cranking amps, 530 cold cranking amps, 90 minutes reserve cap., group 24.
The other battery ( 840 marine cranking amps, 675 cold cranking amps, 180 min. r.c., group 27) has EVERYTHING else wired to it. No fuse "panel," inlines only. What follows is whats wired to that battery:
Minn Kota PD55
Lowrance LCX26cHD
Lowrance x-51
bilge pump
live well
navigation lights
interior/convenience lights
marine radio
Dont want to "field test " the set-up on vacation time miles away from home to learn the Ive got too much wired to one (above noted) battrey. Should I add another battery to the set up? If so, sholud I add it to the existing battery the way everything is hooked up or should I take some of the circuits off and wire them to a new battery? Any tips ar insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a ton,
Karl |
