ccarver80
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Feb 17, 2015
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so I'm a worry wart.... I have a 2004 16' Crestliner super hawk. with a 04' 75hp Yamaha 4 stroke (the engine dose charge the batteries).. it has a starter battery, and 2- 12 volt batteries up front for the trolling motor...(they are NOT connected to the starter battery in the back)
I'm always wondering "What if" ... and got to thinking if the starting battery dies on the water what are my options... this is what I came up with:
In the back exactly on the opposite side of the starting battery is the same exact size compartment that I could put a "spare" starting battery...that I could just run some jumper cables across?? (then I'm not unhooking wires and swapping batteries)
thinking of carrying a "jumper pack" as well.....
3rd back up option.... tell me what you guys think...
the 2- 12v batteries up front are for the trolling motor... (its a 12 v system... Neg connects to Neg... and Pos. to pos....) They are not connected to the starting battery.... What if last ditch effort... could I run jumper cables from the trolling motor batteries to the back to the starter battery in case the starter battery dies?? (like Say I take a nap listening to the radio and wake up to find the batteries dead)
Also would this work vise versa if my trolling motor batteries died and I hooked the jumper cable to them from the starter battery and cruised on the water for a while?? (I ran my motor last night and with the key in the on position, it was reading 12v but with the motor running it was in the 14v range just idling)
Like I said... in my head I'm always running "what if this happened" scenarios in my head.... I just don't want to fry any electronics or do something stupid
I'm always wondering "What if" ... and got to thinking if the starting battery dies on the water what are my options... this is what I came up with:
In the back exactly on the opposite side of the starting battery is the same exact size compartment that I could put a "spare" starting battery...that I could just run some jumper cables across?? (then I'm not unhooking wires and swapping batteries)
thinking of carrying a "jumper pack" as well.....
3rd back up option.... tell me what you guys think...
the 2- 12v batteries up front are for the trolling motor... (its a 12 v system... Neg connects to Neg... and Pos. to pos....) They are not connected to the starting battery.... What if last ditch effort... could I run jumper cables from the trolling motor batteries to the back to the starter battery in case the starter battery dies?? (like Say I take a nap listening to the radio and wake up to find the batteries dead)
Also would this work vise versa if my trolling motor batteries died and I hooked the jumper cable to them from the starter battery and cruised on the water for a while?? (I ran my motor last night and with the key in the on position, it was reading 12v but with the motor running it was in the 14v range just idling)
Like I said... in my head I'm always running "what if this happened" scenarios in my head.... I just don't want to fry any electronics or do something stupid