Can I hook up a battery charger to motor???

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John Hawkins

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Wondering if I can hook up my 3 bank 30 amp battery charger to my 79 mercury 90hp motor?? Tired of running it to an extenion cord. Can anyone tell me how to hook up to motor, so when I'm running, can recharge battery's. Thank you
 
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JB

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Re: Can I hook up a battery charger to motor???

No, Hawk, you can't. The charger wants 115VAC and your engine makes 12VDC. It is easy enough for your engine to charge the starter battery. Unless you install a Multi-position battery switch that's all you can do.<br /><br />Good luck. :)
 
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horndog

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Re: Can I hook up a battery charger to motor???

WOOWEE!! 115v to 12v? wow! can you say smoke and meltdown???
 
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