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| Manta18 - 2/27/2008 7:36 AM
I only have a two bank charger on my boat that charges up the trolling motor batteries. Didn't feel the need to have a charger on the starting battery as the big motor keeps the battery charged up. Think about how much you drain from the battery starting the motor and it doesn't take much for the big motor to charge it back up. I didn't put the charger on my starting battery at all last season and never had a problem with it. Even with listening to the radio/cd player while fishing.
But then run a livewell all day, two or three Sonars/GPS units, radio/stereo, and you can run a starting battery down. Even though you have enough juice to start the big motor, your battery may not be fully charged, and that is not good for a battery. The best is to fully charge them.
I used to run a 3 bank Guest 10-5-10. Last year I wen to a two bank and a single bank Pro Mariner. While I like the setup, I did have an issue with the Pro Mariner dying on me just before a tourney. I didn't get the Guest, because it wasn't available in time. My next boat will have the Guest again.
Edited by Shep 2/27/2008 10:24 AM
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