lol. Yes, I only have a cranking battery at this time. I was gonna buy a battery for the house wires (which I still have to figure out). I was wondering if I bought a trolling motor and it was 12v can I run it off the same battery as the house circuits. Also, if I buy a 24v trolling motor do I need to buy three batteries? One for house circuit 12v and two for trolling motor 24v???
Ayuh,..... Welcome Aboard,..... How much load is expected of the house battery,..??
Haven’t actually sat down and calculated the load. It would be the normal bass boat stuff. Let’s see…. Like, a bilge pump, two live well pumps, nav lights, panel lights, live well lights, maybe a couple of courtesy lights, maybe in the future a few spot lights, a 12v receptacle, couple of USB ports, not sure if I’ll hook up a stereo or not (nowadays Bluetooth speakers work even better for my kids). A simple fish finder too. Normal stuff I guess.
Right now there isn’t anything. The lights aren’t even wired in. Looks like someone ripped all the wiring up, cut a bunch of stuff. I’ve got house wires
As of right now there’s nothing that works. No nav lights no gauges, nothing. Just a big mess. I’ve got non marine wire in there, wires that go nowhere, starter solenoid that doesn’t go to the started. Old corroded fuse panel with the line wire cut and missing. Metal strap that’s all rusted out for a negative bus bar. All kinds of mess, so I’m gonna wire the house loads from scratch. IF I CAN EVER FIGURE OUT HOW.
I think there’s still time to exchange the onboard charger for one that would charge more batteries, but not much time left to make the exchange. Just want to kinda future proof the boat with one onboard charger.
I was thinking of getting a three battery charger, but heard that running 12v house loads off the (two battery 24v trolling motor) would be a problem.
