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Location: Minneapolis, MN | My brother in-law and I are debating what would be better for our situation. My family has a 2012 Alumacraft Classic Series CS that was purchased in June of last year. At the beginning of this season we had to replace the battery that starts the main engine and runs the depth finder as it was dead. Now we need to replace the the battery that runs the trolling motor, a 12 volt 55# PowerDrive V2, as it is also dead; found that out the hard way Sunday... One thought is that we should buy one really good 12 volt battery and an on-board charger. The other thought is that we should buy two 12 volt batteries, running them in parallel, and skip the on-board charger. Is one idea better than the other? Does running the batteries in parallel makes them a 24 volt system? Does that cause any issues for the trolling motor? |
