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| secretbuck - 8/24/2012 8:06 PM
Yes, the master switch is turned off each nite and the only time it is on is when we are fishing/using the locators. I don't see much of a voltage drop when the boat is stored in the garage. I would say I loose maybe a hundreth of a volt each day when the boat is just sitting in the garage with everything off. The marine told me that guys are starting to run a 3 bank charger for the starting battery. I found this hard to believe.
I've run a 3 bank charger since 99, and know lots of guys that have run on board chargers for their cranking battery. So this is nothing new.
I had one problem with my cranking battery, and that was when the charger took a dump just before a tourney, and I didn't know it. I made it most of the day, and then no start on big motor. Bummer.
A couple things. What size/make cranking battery do you have?
Hbirds go off with the master power?
How about the GPS puck? Lowrance pucks are powered, and need to be on a switched circuit.
What else are you running? |
