hello,
i have a 20 foot GW invader bow rider with a 4.3 merc in/out. first boat so I've learned a lot over the past season. we managed to kill the battery once during the season just listening to the radio when it was tied to our dock, luckily we weren't out in the middle of the lake! I'd like to add a second battery to help run accessories and give me a little more piece of mind. the only accessories we currently have is the radio, i doubt we would ever add anything more then a depth finder to help navigate...piece of mind is also worth something to me. the current battery is a walleye mar 600 (manufactured by crown battery) it has the following info on the tag:
MCA 625
CCA 500
RC minutes 75
I've read that it's beneficial to have one battery to run accessories and one for starting, question is, is the battery i have good for either? if it will do ok with starting/running acc what should i add as a second battery? in addition to that how should i go about adding a second battery? i know there are kits available are some better then others? is it possible to buy some kind of switch and wire it up myself?
any other comments? thanks so much for taking the time to read!!
andy
i have a 20 foot GW invader bow rider with a 4.3 merc in/out. first boat so I've learned a lot over the past season. we managed to kill the battery once during the season just listening to the radio when it was tied to our dock, luckily we weren't out in the middle of the lake! I'd like to add a second battery to help run accessories and give me a little more piece of mind. the only accessories we currently have is the radio, i doubt we would ever add anything more then a depth finder to help navigate...piece of mind is also worth something to me. the current battery is a walleye mar 600 (manufactured by crown battery) it has the following info on the tag:
MCA 625
CCA 500
RC minutes 75
I've read that it's beneficial to have one battery to run accessories and one for starting, question is, is the battery i have good for either? if it will do ok with starting/running acc what should i add as a second battery? in addition to that how should i go about adding a second battery? i know there are kits available are some better then others? is it possible to buy some kind of switch and wire it up myself?
any other comments? thanks so much for taking the time to read!!
andy