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Location: Watersmeet, Michigan | Looking for a little guidance. When I picked up the boat I was talking to the service tech about whether I should add an onboard charger for my starting battery. He thought that, since most of my fishing is on small lakes and I'm also running two large Humminbirds off the starting battery, it would be a good add-on. Now, my questions:
1. Should I retain my current two bank charger, and add a single bank charger for the starting battery? Or,
2. Replace my current two bank charger (wired to my trolling motor batteries) with a three bank unit? (Trolling batteries and starting battery are about 13 feet apart, plus about another five feet of horizontal run.) Given that distance and the possibility of voltage drop, I'm inclined to go with separate units.
If I do install a second charger, I'd like to avoid stowing another extension cord to accommodate dockside charging. Is there some sort of connector available to run both from a single cord?
Thanks.
Fr. K |
