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Post by coheasion on Oct 11, 2017 15:17:09 GMT -5
Question - why dont all boats come with this setup? Is there a downside?
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Post by Yam on Oct 11, 2017 16:39:22 GMT -5
Question - why dont all boats come with this setup? Is there a downside? I discussed this with my dealer. It seemed to me that they just do things the way things have always been done. I guess at one time it was an innovative thing to put an extra battery on a boat. And they just haven't been able to push past that innovation. Wow... We can turn a switch! There is zero downside. It's just the same switch but it's automated. When the engine is on, the alternator kicks the juice up past 13.5 volts. This signals the switch to combine the batteries. Once the engine is off, the voltage drop then signals the switch to isolate the batteries. Everything excluding the engine is hooked to your deep cycle battery. Pretty simple! |
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Post by mwardncsu on Oct 11, 2017 18:50:47 GMT -5
bush - get a dual battery charger. The motor may keep the cranking battery good but keeping it on a charger when not on the water will gepnthat Battery last a long time.
On deep cycles, get a charger on the battery as quickly as to can after coming off the water.
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Post by mwardncsu on Oct 11, 2017 18:52:13 GMT -5
Question - why dont all boats come with this setup? Is there a downside? Well it cost more and they prob get more money by selling a new battery and the ACR and installing it later than if they just put it on at the factory  |
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Post by hotdog on Oct 11, 2017 19:23:38 GMT -5
Yeah, like mward said
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Post by Yam on Oct 11, 2017 20:19:25 GMT -5
bush - get a dual battery charger. The motor may keep the cranking battery good but keeping it on a charger when not on the water will gepnthat Battery last a long time. On deep cycles, get a charger on the battery as quickly as to can after coming off the water. Agreed on the deep cycle comment. However, I'm not sure I agree in terms of the cranking battery. How many times do you put your car battery on a charger? And again, you can always charge the deep cycle to full and then combine the batteries and trickle off one bank. But I'm pretty sure you won't even have to do that. This way of doing things means your cranking battery is dedicated to only your engine. And it then gets immediately recharged via the alternator. Putting it on a charger really doesn't seem necessary. Am I missing something? Oh... I know what I'm missing. I don't go long periods of time not on the water. Ah...yep...get a dual charger. |
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Post by Live Bait JunkEE on Oct 11, 2017 22:00:33 GMT -5
All the above TRUTH -- I was having battery issues in all areas .. I added the ACR -- I have 1 starter battery that has the bilge and my hydraulic jack on it. I have a 31 series deep cycle to run everything else on my boat and it is a lot of juice being pumped out. I do have a charger on the the deep cycle when at dock or home. starter battery never. I do not see having a problem in the near future with this setup -- very happy thanks to the YAM 2 year testing tour.
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Post by bushwacker on Oct 13, 2017 6:38:46 GMT -5
Thanks for all the help on this one guys. I think I am going to go with Yam's advice and change out my switch for the Blue Sea 7650. I think that will give me the best piece of mind. Thanks again for all the help you guys rock!!!!!!
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Post by bushwacker on Oct 13, 2017 6:45:27 GMT -5
bush - get a dual battery charger. The motor may keep the cranking battery good but keeping it on a charger when not on the water will gepnthat Battery last a long time. On deep cycles, get a charger on the battery as quickly as to can after coming off the water. Agreed on the deep cycle comment. However, I'm not sure I agree in terms of the cranking battery. How many times do you put your car battery on a charger? And again, you can always charge the deep cycle to full and then combine the batteries and trickle off one bank. But I'm pretty sure you won't even have to do that. This way of doing things means your cranking battery is dedicated to only your engine. And it then gets immediately recharged via the alternator. Putting it on a charger really doesn't seem necessary. Am I missing something? Oh... I know what I'm missing. I don't go long periods of time not on the water. Ah...yep...get a dual charger. Yam looking at these switches. It looks like they have one called a Mini is what I need. It's is rated for 65A DC. My motor is a 150 with a 35A alternator. Just wanting to make sure I am correct on which switch. |
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Post by Yam on Oct 13, 2017 18:09:31 GMT -5
Agreed on the deep cycle comment. However, I'm not sure I agree in terms of the cranking battery. How many times do you put your car battery on a charger? And again, you can always charge the deep cycle to full and then combine the batteries and trickle off one bank. But I'm pretty sure you won't even have to do that. This way of doing things means your cranking battery is dedicated to only your engine. And it then gets immediately recharged via the alternator. Putting it on a charger really doesn't seem necessary. Am I missing something? Oh... I know what I'm missing. I don't go long periods of time not on the water. Ah...yep...get a dual charger. Yam looking at these switches. It looks like they have one called a Mini is what I need. It's is rated for 65A DC. My motor is a 150 with a 35A alternator. Just wanting to make sure I am correct on which switch. That's the one I got. |
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