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Electric Motor Rigging

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I'm helping a friend mount and rig an electric motor on his Carolina skiff. Question: Should we use a stand alone battery set-up and just keep it charged or rig a battery switch and a second battery? He has a 70 hp 4-stroke Yamaha. Will it charge all this. Looking for advice.
Thanks in advance!
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Re: Electric Motor Rigging

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Pirate wrote:I'm helping a friend mount and rig an electric motor on his Carolina skiff. Question: Should we use a stand alone battery set-up and just keep it charged or rig a battery switch and a second battery? He has a 70 hp 4-stroke Yamaha. Will it charge all this. Looking for advice.
Thanks in advance!
NEVER wire the trolling motor to the cranking battery. Yse a stand alone battery for the trolling motor.
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Tin Can, I definitely know better than that. My question is with a battery switch will that eliminate the off battery from draining and will that 70 - 4-stroke motor keep those batteries charged?
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I wouldn't try to charge the trolling motor battery with the outboard. I use a stand alone system, and hook a battery charger to the trolling motor batteries after every trip.
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