Home arrow Message Boards
 

Forum List General Boards Boats and Motors
Electronics Wiring
puckstop 
 		  Port: Manistee, MI   03/08/2005 17:36
King
Posts: 374
 

I need to install a new graph and radar this spring. My boat has dual batteries so my questions are:

1. Do I wire all of the electronics to one of the batteries or do I separate them and put some on one and some on the other.
2. If I wire the electronics to one battery should I wire the electric riggers to the other?
3. Should I run the wiring on the opposite side of the boat as the boat wiring?

Thanks.
The administrator has disabled public write access.

Re:Electronics Wiring
hondacat 
 		    03/08/2005 19:17
Moderator
Posts: 673
 

in most cases the recomendation is to hook all accessories to one battery leaving the other in reserve for motor starting with a bypass switch or solonoid that allows you easy jumping capability most of the time a battery isolator is incorporated to charge each batery independantly .
the variables are what the charging rate of the motor or motors would be and the amperage demand of the accesories you are adding . to rig any boat properly this has to figured in. A little math will go a long way in preventing a dead batery leaving you standed .A volt meter becomes a must in the dash board, its ok to have more drain than out put but you have to keep a good reserve to power the motor to get you home most of the newer motors allow for the demands of the newer goodies we are all puting on our boats these days
need more info to give you a beter answer
collect all the info mentioned and get back to us i am sure every one is curious now
The administrator has disabled public write access.

Forum List General Boards Boats and Motors
Captain Gary's Fishing Specialties
Big Weenie Brand
Educated Angler Trolling Videos

Current Activity

1773 Total Pictures

1119 Total Stories
1246527 Stories Read
18124 Total Posts
1934897 Post Views

Nobody is chatting

Member's Gallery

Login
(C) 2004 - 2009 Educated Angler - Great Lakes Fishing Resource  Educated Angler Sitemap   Links
 
Mission Statement : Educated Angler will continue to be the premiere Great Lakes Fishing Resource, including fishing message boards, fishing reports covering Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake St. Clair, Lake Superior and tributaries, fishing chat, Great Lakes fisheries news, fishing links, and Great Lakes webcams. Membership will remain free and offer photo galleries, homepages, and a passionate community of salmon, steelhead, lake trout, walleye, bass, perch, pike, and muskie anglers.

The Fishing Site Top SIte List The Experience Outdoors Network