Will this work ?

[jbmaine]

Hi all,

 I put a new battery charger in my boat this Spring and it never worked right. However it was usable so I kept it for the summer. When I put the boat in storage for the Winter I pulled the charger out and the two battery's ( 24 volt trolling motor) I just picked up a new two bank charger and I was wondering, Can I hook this up to my two battery's to top off the charge periodically even though they are not connected to each other? I would think yes but I thought I'd check and see , Do you think this would work?

                                  Thanks

                                             Jim 

[J Francho]

Should be no problem.  I'd get a battery tender for long term storage instead, though.

[jbmaine]

2 hours ago, J Francho said:

Should be no problem.  I'd get a battery tender for long term storage instead, though.

Thanks, I was thinking of just plugging it in for a few hours once a month or so.

[J Francho]

That's better than nothing, but a tender will help them last longer.

[DanielG]

Jim, as you know I have two batteries in my cat and the same two in my camper. Just before winter I put a full charge on them and in the spring all of the batteries are still almost at full charge. I leave them in the boat/camper outside in cold temps. So, I don't know if a trickle charger is really necessary in the long run. I have two bank chargers in both the camper nad boat. Works good. I charge the boat from very used up to full a few times each week.

Have a good Christmas Jim. Stay safe. The sh-t is about to hit the fan in the next several weeks.

[jbmaine]

 

10 minutes ago, DanielG said:

Jim, as you know I have two batteries in my cat and the same two in my camper. Just before winter I put a full charge on them and in the spring all of the batteries are still almost at full charge. I leave them in the boat/camper outside in cold temps. So, I don't know if a trickle charger is really necessary in the long run. I have two bank chargers in both the camper nad boat. Works good. I charge the boat from very used up to full a few times each week.

Have a good Christmas Jim. Stay safe. The sh-t is about to hit the fan in the next several weeks.

You too Dan, hopefully we'll see you and the missus on the lake next Spring.