Dual battery charging

Nude up
Rank: Kingfish
Rank: Kingfish
Joined: Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:08 pm
Location: Bellarine peninsula
Has liked: 333 times
Likes received: 569 times

Re: Dual battery charging

Post by Nude up » Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:03 am

Thats what I have installed in my boat in the cabin. It stays there permanently I had to extend my leads my haines 650 has 2 batteries either side of the transom no issues at all just make sure the one marked must go to the battery connected to the engine is correct.

dmck
Rank: Garfish
Rank: Garfish
Joined: Mon May 20, 2019 6:33 pm
Has liked: 35 times
Likes received: 33 times

Re: Dual battery charging

Post by dmck » Thu Mar 03, 2022 8:02 am

As your batteries will never be totally flat (0 volts) this will be insignificant. Now that I think about it... 14.8 volts seems high for only a 4A charge. Most vehicles only charge at around 13.8 volts.
I'm guessing you want to leave the chargers on in 'float' mode so your batteries are always topped-up. You will have no troubles.

Nude up
Rank: Kingfish
Rank: Kingfish
Joined: Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:08 pm
Location: Bellarine peninsula
Has liked: 333 times
Likes received: 569 times

Re: Dual battery charging

Post by Nude up » Thu Mar 03, 2022 8:37 am

Mine is a 12amp unit when I return from fishing I plug it in it maintains the battery really happy so far with mine

User avatar
sandef
Rank: Premium Member
Rank: Premium Member
Joined: Mon Jun 09, 2014 2:58 pm
Location: Rosanna
Has liked: 54 times
Likes received: 68 times

Re: Dual battery charging

Post by sandef » Sun Mar 13, 2022 6:33 pm

Extended my charger leads by 1.5 mts with 2.9msq cable used cable size calculator to work out the voltage drop for cable size final voltage drop was 0.2 of a volt

Post Reply

Return to “Marine Electronics”