Battery charging

fireboat46

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I have two batteries on the boat, is it better for me to charge them individually or is it ok for me to turn the battery selector to " ALL" and in a sense charge both batteries at the same time??
 

Don S

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Re: Battery charging

That is part of what the all position is for.
The automatic charge relays, voltage sensitive relays, or whatever you call them does exactly that when the voltage reaches a certain voltage on your main battery, it parallels the two batteries together to charge at the same time.
 

tazrig

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Re: Battery charging

Are you talking about a charging system that you connect with a shore power cable or are you talking about charging with just the alternators?
 

fireboat46

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Re: Battery charging

What I was refering to as a charger is a 12V portable battery charger. If I havent takent the boat out for a while and I want to make sure that the batteries are at 100% before I go I want to charge them up is it ok to just place the battery selector switch to "ALL" and then just hook up the battery charger to one of the batteries, will it charge up both batteries at the same time or is it better to just charge them one at a time.
 

Don S

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Re: Battery charging

Yes, hook your charger to one battery, turn the battery switch to ALL, and they will both charge.
 
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