Marine Stereo to Trolling Motor Battery

[jackballin]

I have a Tracker PT170.

Has anyone connected a stereo to the trolling motor battery?

Any problems?

 

[Socal Pat]

Re: Marine Stereo to Trolling Motor Battery

The only problem I can see is that you'll be limiting the trolling motor range. Otherwise 12v is 12v whether it comes from the cranking or deep cycle battery, but the cranking battery will recharge when you run the motor.

 

[nasty79z28]

Re: Marine Stereo to Trolling Motor Battery

Can you do it? Yes but as said you would be getting less range from a charge. I run everything but the trolling motor on the cranking battery and a separate battery for tolling motor only.

 

[jackballin]

Re: Marine Stereo to Trolling Motor Battery

Thanks for the replies! I read a couple of discussions that said do not hook them to the cranking batteries so I wasn't sure.

 

[nasty79z28]

Re: Marine Stereo to Trolling Motor Battery

On the smaller size engines you do not need a true cranking battery. The reason some do not want to hook radios to cranking batteries is if they are true cranking batteries, they won't hold a good charge like a deep cycle.

You should be able to use two deep cycle batteries which is what I do. Guess I wasn't really clear.

 

[morrow21]

Re: Marine Stereo to Trolling Motor Battery

thread is older, but have you thought about using a switch? Then you can use the second battery for trolling or music, switch to the first to crank up the motor, switch it to both to charge them both from the motor.

 

[jackballin]

Re: Marine Stereo to Trolling Motor Battery

I ended up hooking it to the main battery since there was already an empty accessory switch. Works great.