Question for you all...
When I purchased my "new to me" boat last summer, it came with two cranking batteries running through a battery switch. I had no problems with this set up for the rest of the season, and it worked just fine.
Now, on my old boat, I always had two deep cycles through a switch that also worked great, but seemed to make a little more sense considering the draw of downriggers, electronics, lights etc. and it never had a problem cranking over the engine.
I am now thinking that I want to switch one of my batteries to a deep cycle, so that when I am back at the dock in the evening, I can just run off the deep cycle for the lights etc, and have the one cranking battery left alone.
What are your thoughts? What set up do you all run?
A little info on my boat: Main: Volvo Penta 5.0 GI, Kicker for trolling: Yamaha 8 hp High Thrust (obviously with charging)
Thanks for any advice,
FishWish
When I purchased my "new to me" boat last summer, it came with two cranking batteries running through a battery switch. I had no problems with this set up for the rest of the season, and it worked just fine.
Now, on my old boat, I always had two deep cycles through a switch that also worked great, but seemed to make a little more sense considering the draw of downriggers, electronics, lights etc. and it never had a problem cranking over the engine.
I am now thinking that I want to switch one of my batteries to a deep cycle, so that when I am back at the dock in the evening, I can just run off the deep cycle for the lights etc, and have the one cranking battery left alone.
What are your thoughts? What set up do you all run?
A little info on my boat: Main: Volvo Penta 5.0 GI, Kicker for trolling: Yamaha 8 hp High Thrust (obviously with charging)
Thanks for any advice,
FishWish