So I am looking to buy a second battery for my boat, I just purchased an old electric min kota trolling motor but I want a deep cycle battery to run it not my regular old start battery so heres the situation.
I have a 65 hp 2 stroke Mercury motor, I am actually currently using a standard 12v car battery for my running and starting battery ( I know I need a real marine starter battery, perhaps I should buy two battery’s a starter one and a deep cycle?) Heres what I want to do; I want to hook up two batterys, one for starting and one for the rest of the electronics, but I want them both to charge off the alternator when the engine runs.
If I get a switch that has options 1 , 1+2, 2 and off, is that sufficient? Or could I just hook them in parallel to the motor? Also can I use my standard car battery in parallel with a deep cycle marine battery.
Any help on this would be appreciated.
Thanks.
I have a 65 hp 2 stroke Mercury motor, I am actually currently using a standard 12v car battery for my running and starting battery ( I know I need a real marine starter battery, perhaps I should buy two battery’s a starter one and a deep cycle?) Heres what I want to do; I want to hook up two batterys, one for starting and one for the rest of the electronics, but I want them both to charge off the alternator when the engine runs.
If I get a switch that has options 1 , 1+2, 2 and off, is that sufficient? Or could I just hook them in parallel to the motor? Also can I use my standard car battery in parallel with a deep cycle marine battery.
Any help on this would be appreciated.
Thanks.