12-28-2007, 10:08 AM
unless you have a 24 volt system and starter go with what tom is offering, If I remember right one way of hooking up the batteries makes it 24 volt while the other way remains 12 volt but doubles the amprage and either case you can burn out electronics and starter motors if it is not rated for the amperage of voltage....
I redid my small boat last year and rewired it, one battery goes to my electirc motor and one goes just to my electronincs lights ect...
I can pull start my motor, so if my battery goes dead its not a problem..
I realy like them solar trickle chargers, you do have to get auto turn offs and voltage regulator depending on wich modle charger you get...
I bought a solar charger for my deer feeder and set it out in october and pulled it a week before christmas and the battery was as charged as the day I put it out after 3 months.
my deer feeder has a built in regulator and turn off to keep from over charging the battery...
as far as battery life, look and see what the life of the battery is, bigger in not always better, batteries normaly run 3 year and 5 year so unless you are willing to put out the expence of replacing them I would look at the guarentee is on the battery, dont expect the battery to live much longer past that point, if it dose your living on barrowed time and end up with the situation your are experiencing now...
if you are booking charters then then the batteries are not so much of an issue... but if your not, its like driving a rolls royce back and forth to work every day down a dirt road...
you didnt mention what motor you are cranking over.. If your motor is that big it should have a generator on it that will charge the battery while it is running... if it dosnt you need to have that looked at...
mine is only a 15 horse johnson so it dosnt have a generator... and yes my battery dose go dead after a full day of fishing. I am concidering the solar charger for mine...
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I redid my small boat last year and rewired it, one battery goes to my electirc motor and one goes just to my electronincs lights ect...
I can pull start my motor, so if my battery goes dead its not a problem..
I realy like them solar trickle chargers, you do have to get auto turn offs and voltage regulator depending on wich modle charger you get...
I bought a solar charger for my deer feeder and set it out in october and pulled it a week before christmas and the battery was as charged as the day I put it out after 3 months.
my deer feeder has a built in regulator and turn off to keep from over charging the battery...
as far as battery life, look and see what the life of the battery is, bigger in not always better, batteries normaly run 3 year and 5 year so unless you are willing to put out the expence of replacing them I would look at the guarentee is on the battery, dont expect the battery to live much longer past that point, if it dose your living on barrowed time and end up with the situation your are experiencing now...
if you are booking charters then then the batteries are not so much of an issue... but if your not, its like driving a rolls royce back and forth to work every day down a dirt road...
you didnt mention what motor you are cranking over.. If your motor is that big it should have a generator on it that will charge the battery while it is running... if it dosnt you need to have that looked at...
mine is only a 15 horse johnson so it dosnt have a generator... and yes my battery dose go dead after a full day of fishing. I am concidering the solar charger for mine...
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