lrdchaos
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Feb 11, 2008
- Messages
- 265
Recently picked up a 2015 Monterey 238ss with a 350mag that has a dual battery setup. It’s the manual switch that I can manually sellect 1 or 2 or both. The boat currently has two deep cycle batteries with 875cca, which should be sufficient since the 350 only required 550cca I believe.
Ive never had a boat with a dual battery setup. Is there an issue with starting the boat at the first of the day and running with the switch on both? The. When we get to where we are going switch it to battery 1 or 2? I understand that I will have to switch off both so I don’t drain both batteries down throughout the day? Once we are through and headed home start the boat with the battery that’s been running the radio and let it charge back to the ramp? My goal would be to use battery 1 on odd days and battery 2 on even days to cycle each battery.
I understand there is an automatic system that does battery switch and charging, but after buying and tagging the boat I would like to use it before I spend more money on it.
Thanks
Ive never had a boat with a dual battery setup. Is there an issue with starting the boat at the first of the day and running with the switch on both? The. When we get to where we are going switch it to battery 1 or 2? I understand that I will have to switch off both so I don’t drain both batteries down throughout the day? Once we are through and headed home start the boat with the battery that’s been running the radio and let it charge back to the ramp? My goal would be to use battery 1 on odd days and battery 2 on even days to cycle each battery.
I understand there is an automatic system that does battery switch and charging, but after buying and tagging the boat I would like to use it before I spend more money on it.
Thanks