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I already have a separate battery for starting the outboard. I’m just looking for a way to combine the two so that the deep cycle battery gets recharged (a little) when the engine is running.
Are you talking about a solar maintainer? I think that might be helpful, too, but I thought a switch...
Does it also power the starter? Or do you have a separate batter for that?
The electrolyte is good. I just put it on the charger overnight and I’m getting 13.4 volts right now. Not saying that a new deep cycle wouldn’t help, but I already own a new battery for the starter, so I’d like to...
My 15 hp motor came with a Group 24 starting battery. I happened to have a dual purpose battery (also Group 24), so I hooked that up instead. It also powers a small trolling motor and a fish finder. I'm only getting about 30 minutes of trolling time before the battery drops below the level...
