Hi all.
Read a few posts on here and there are a lot of opinions out there so I am looking for another one I guess. Currently have main engine wired in through battery switch (1,2,both). Added kicker with charging circuit. Can I just hook up kicker direct to house battery to keep it charged?
Where should battery switch be set to when starting and warming up kicker when main is still on. Have read a lot of opinions but wonder which is the correct answer. I can see having main on "starting" battery or lets call it #1 and kicker directly wired to# 2 or "house" while running. When ready to fish fire up the kicker and then after warming up shutting down the main and switching to #2 with kicker running. Does this make sense? Seems to be some discussion as to "frying" stators when having both running.
Would the best way to do it is have a separate battery switch for the few bucks its worth just for the kicker and in that case how would you start and run with this setup. Might be too complex of a question.
Great Forum by the way.
Read a few posts on here and there are a lot of opinions out there so I am looking for another one I guess. Currently have main engine wired in through battery switch (1,2,both). Added kicker with charging circuit. Can I just hook up kicker direct to house battery to keep it charged?
Where should battery switch be set to when starting and warming up kicker when main is still on. Have read a lot of opinions but wonder which is the correct answer. I can see having main on "starting" battery or lets call it #1 and kicker directly wired to# 2 or "house" while running. When ready to fish fire up the kicker and then after warming up shutting down the main and switching to #2 with kicker running. Does this make sense? Seems to be some discussion as to "frying" stators when having both running.
Would the best way to do it is have a separate battery switch for the few bucks its worth just for the kicker and in that case how would you start and run with this setup. Might be too complex of a question.
Great Forum by the way.