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Location: Eagan, MN | I s/w a Minn Kota factory technician after installing my unit who told me that, while your motor may put out 60 amps/hr. while running across the lake, the DC charger has been designed to limit the charge to 10 amps/hr. The reason for the limiter is so not to damage the batteries, as high amps would tend to do. So, just to manage expectations, you are getting no more charge into your batteries from the alternator charger than you would from a battery charger that plugs into the wall. That was insightful for me as my expectations were not quite in line with my actual performance based on my assumption of the current that my motor was producing at WOT vs. the current actually being used the charge the batts.
Brian |
