[Sweet]

Andy et,al, every bassboat I've ever seen has a charger hooked up to the cranking battery. Some will scrimp and only put 1 bank to the TM batteries (2) and it will charge them albeit slowly. There is a system that charges your TM batteries off of your big motor and there is a system that charges all of your batteries from your tow vehicle alternator. There is also a system where if you run down your cranking battery, you can manually switch over to your TM batteries to start the big motor. You will not ruin your cranking battery by hooking up a charger to it. The reason none of the graphs and extra's are on your TM batteries is that the TM creates interference and distorts finders, stereo's, etc. Sure, you can wire anything you want to them because a battery doesn't know any difference.

[Confiscative]

Ok, I read that you shouldn't charge your cranking battery because you can ruin it over time by hooking it up to a charger. Like I said I have no clue as this is my first boat. There are so many conflicting things on the internet. So i will hook up my electronics and my stereo back on the cranking battery and leave my trolling motor hooked up to the other deep cycle batteries. Is there a reason that I shouldn't keep them on the 2 deep cycle interstate batteries? Is it ok to do or will that cash out my battery a lot sooner? I also have a tracker 60 trolling motor which I think it said 57lb thrust on it for those that asked. Thanks for the help guys! here

[user]

It sounds as if everything was hooked up correctly. For the situation you describe and assuming your trolling motor is 12/24 or 24 volt, your two bank charger will hook up to the two Interstate trolling batteries. The rest of the boats accesories (livewell and bilge pumps, stereos, etc. ) as well as the outboard engine will connect to the cranking battery. This battery will recharge with the outboards alternator. As far as location is concerned, most all bass boats have gas tanks, batteries, and on-board chargers mounted in close proximity to each other. The key to safety in the compartment is basically keeping the area clean (clean up oil spills) and keep all battery connections good and tight to avoid sparking.

[Art Gallery]

I have the same set-up as Andy, a cranking battery and two deep cycles hooked up in series for the 24 volt trolling motor. I was told by the dealer I could hook up my 12 volt accessories (downriggers) to one and only one of deep cycle batteries and that would give me 12 volts to safely power the 12 volt accessories. Because I plan on trolling mostly with a kicker, the main engines alternator won't be charging the cranking battery so between the FF and downriggers, I'm afraid the cranking battery won't be charged enough to fire up the boat when done trolling. I've also wired my FF to the same battery that my downriggers are wired to. one and only one of the TM deep cycles wired in series. This guy named Silvertip on IBoats forum says it's ok to do this but you should use the battery with the negative lead for the TM coming off of it. Would you take a look at his diagram and let me know what you think. Maybe I'd be better off adding a second battery in parallel to my cranking battery instead? here

[corwin78]

If however, your trolling motor is only 12 volt, that will be a slightly different scenario. Check trolling motor voltage. I am sure others will chime in as well. more

[mjmvisser]

Thun, you are fine and like I said, it can be done. Difference is you are not running your TM which would interfere with your graphs and you are using a kicker which won't allow your cranking battery to regain any charge. Yours is different from a bass boat set up where you are on the trolling motor AND looking at your graphs. Mini has 5 batteries in his bass boat because he has the weather radio, sonic hub, big graphs, etc., he also has a switch he can divert power from and 1 or different combinations of his batteries so that he can be sure his big motor will crank. As an example, Carlos has big Lowrance graphs, 2 of us on his boat, very windy so he was on the TM all the time and the bilge running on a very regular basis and we never even ran low on power with all of that wired to the cranking battery (He does have the switch where he can divert. the TM battery current to start the big motor)

[EddBin]

Boats can be replaced and it would have never been the same which is why they said it was unrepairable. We are just blessed that it did not get more involved and burn down the storage unit and other 6 storage units attached. That would have been horrific.

[iamronaldlpierson]

I called my insurance company and they got an adjuster assigned within 2 days. They had to bring it back to Malibu in SoCal for a full assessment and hired a Fire Cause expert come to perform an investigation.

[Innarita]

I went back and forth about posting this but this site is about sharing one's experience and my recent boating experience has been less than stellar. Some background; we have owned a lot of boats from Eliminator, Schiada, and DCB's. However it was our 2004 Malibu 23 Wakesetter which was the work horse, ride or die, and always got the most use which was basically floating Parker and a taxi to the floating establishments (15 yrs/500+hrs). Well it was the workhorse until it caught fire and has since been totaled by our insurance company due to it being unable to repair.

[den]

The fire investigator came out and inspected the boat. They found battery charger or the install to be the cause and once the Malibu assessment was done they would possibly do forensics on the power charger. He said it might not even have flamed up but it got so hot it did damage like flames, it also had lot of smoke…being covered helped. He thought the short or whatever was causing the issue tripped the breaker inside the garage. Malibu did their assessment and said the boat was unrepairable. When they added up cost of engine harness damage, electrical, interior replacement and all the other components; they ruled it unrepairable. Ron's did notify PowerMania and one of their engineer's called me. I let him know when/where he could see/observe the boat and they never made it out.

[mnem0sys]

Fast forward to June 21st where we are back out for a week visit….I go to get the boat to take back up to Ron's to switch out to a new head unit. As a I'm pulling back the cover I notice black streaks on the interior as I peel back the cover more I can smell smoke…as I lift the battery hatch I can see a fire had started in that area and that area is completely burned out. It looks as though a fire started but put itself out due to lack of oxygen from hatch being closed, and cover being on. I am little in shock.. I call Ron's and he is out of country till end of month, but I explain the situation and that I won't be bringing it by but I will bring it by later so they can see it take pics and figure out next steps. I tell them if they talk to Ron please have him call me. here

[hershel4merr]

Fast forward to Memorial Day where we use the boat, replaced one of the large Odyssey's and even had Ron's team help with that. Use the boat Memorial Day and put it away and plug into the new charger for the first time.

[genjix]

One of the other great things about this charger is that it’s completely automatic. So when the batteries are done charging it continuously monitors and shuts off the power to the battery while still detecting any potential problems. here

[Galuel]

Both the onboard and portable trolling motor battery chargers are great options, it all just comes down to your personal preference and specific needs. more

[tddert]

I hope you have found this trolling motor charger buyers guide to be both insightful and helpful.

[dduane]

Another great onboard battery charger is the ProMariner Battery Charger. This smart charger comes with all of the technology and safety features you would want in a charger. here

[puddinpop]

The ProMariner Batter Charger is one of the best onboard chargers out on the market and would be great addition to any boat. here

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