on board chargers

[becron]

Question for battery (GURU) What is a good dependable on board charger, maintainer ? but not to expensive i'am not cheap but i'am retired, for a 24 volt system i plan on using the trolling motor minn kota fortrex 80# that is installed on a 24' pontoon, for about 3 to 6 hours aday for about a week than on weekends after that, An i really don't won't to use a portable they do have there places , Thanks in advance PS I have not bought the batteries yet although they will be deep cycle.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: on board chargers

There are a wide variety of on-board chargers among them Guest, Pro-Mariner, MinnKota, and the list goes on. You can use any charger that has two 12 volt outputs. One output connects to each battery. Some of these dual, three and four bank chargers allow you to bridge outputs to achieve 24, 36 and 48 volts but the result is the same as hooking each bank directly to each battery. At six hours a day the batteries will need to be charged everytime you at the dock and the charger should have a minimum of 8 amps output per bank - preferably 10 amps.

 

[becron]

Re: on board chargers

Thanks there is one i was looking at it was the noco gen 3 30 amp, 10 amp per bank ,it said it covers all 4 differnt types of batteries & maintains them ,do you know any thing about them good or bad ,i'am a novice at this it sells for 142.38

 

[Silvertip]

Re: on board chargers

Nope -- no experience with them.

 

[dwparker99]

Re: on board chargers

Thanks there is one i was looking at it was the noco gen 3 30 amp, 10 amp per bank ,it said it covers all 4 differnt types of batteries & maintains them ,do you know any thing about them good or bad ,i'am a novice at this it sells for 142.38

I've used the Noco Gen 3 for about 6 months now with no problems. I purchased because of good reviews at Amazon, forum members gave good remarks, and made in the USA. Seems to keep the batteries very strong.