JIMTMCDANIELS
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Hey all, new to boating and boat ownership and expense, oh boy
Sharing with friend and fixing up an old very worn 1979 Chrysler 14' Striper w/ 1988 US Marine 35 force outboard.
Live land locked in Colo Spgs CO so it'll just be used on lakes and such.
Friend thought it's a 24 volt system and got a deal on 2 24 volt deep cycle batteries (got 2 since it was a good deal and he would like to/thinks it's a good idea to add a trolling motor in the future).
2 batteries is a tight fit in the battery compartment to fit between 2(6? gal. gas tanks with tank selection switch).
However I discovered the boat/motor system is a 12 v system but that if we add a trolling motor, 24 volt trolling motors are far better and not much more $ than a 12 v.
So.... it's my limited understanding and guessing that maybe the ideal set up is 1 12 v battery for now and then a second 12 v battery when a 24 v trolling motor is added in the future where the two batteries could be wired both in parallel and series to provide both 12 v for everything and 24 v for a 24 v trolling motor.
Q 1. Is this correct?
But.... my neighbor does not think he can take back the 24 v batteries and is wondering if we can install a 12 v transformer 30a we have seen some on e-bay for like less than $30 to power everything off the 24 v batteries although I don't think 30a is enough to feed the 35 force outboard starter motor and that a transformer might drain the batteries all the time and is getting into unwanted complicatedness....
Q 2. Any input on this?
Thank-you for any advices!
Sharing with friend and fixing up an old very worn 1979 Chrysler 14' Striper w/ 1988 US Marine 35 force outboard.
Live land locked in Colo Spgs CO so it'll just be used on lakes and such.
Friend thought it's a 24 volt system and got a deal on 2 24 volt deep cycle batteries (got 2 since it was a good deal and he would like to/thinks it's a good idea to add a trolling motor in the future).
2 batteries is a tight fit in the battery compartment to fit between 2(6? gal. gas tanks with tank selection switch).
However I discovered the boat/motor system is a 12 v system but that if we add a trolling motor, 24 volt trolling motors are far better and not much more $ than a 12 v.
So.... it's my limited understanding and guessing that maybe the ideal set up is 1 12 v battery for now and then a second 12 v battery when a 24 v trolling motor is added in the future where the two batteries could be wired both in parallel and series to provide both 12 v for everything and 24 v for a 24 v trolling motor.
Q 1. Is this correct?
But.... my neighbor does not think he can take back the 24 v batteries and is wondering if we can install a 12 v transformer 30a we have seen some on e-bay for like less than $30 to power everything off the 24 v batteries although I don't think 30a is enough to feed the 35 force outboard starter motor and that a transformer might drain the batteries all the time and is getting into unwanted complicatedness....
Q 2. Any input on this?
Thank-you for any advices!
