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Re: Dead Battery On The Water Solutions?
[Re: stapler101]
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03/01/18 03:42 AM
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Stump jumper
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I keep one of my trolling motor batteries paralleled to the cranking battery,connect either the positive or negative all the time. Wire tie the other cable close to the terminal but don't connect it. If you drain the cranking battery all you have to do is loosen one battery connection, connect the wire tied cable to the terminal and go. Takes a minute (or less) and your back to fishing. No need for jumper cables or a jump box. I like your simple idea! Do you have 2 trolling batteries in series or only 1 trolling battery? If 2, do you hook the cranking battery positive to positive on the trolling battery or positive to negative? positive to positive. Thinking about doing this myself. Batteries in my CC are not an easy swap. On my Ranger I could leave batteries in place and just run motor cables to other battery.
2200 Bay Champ/200 Mercury Optimax 2017 Tundra TSS 4x4 Crewmax 5.7L
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Re: Dead Battery On The Water Solutions?
[Re: Wes H]
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03/01/18 03:34 PM
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Jake Blood
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I have one of these, not the same exact model, but same thing... I carry it with me all the time in the truck or boat... YOu can use it to charge/recharge a phone and jump a battery if needed... small and hand held/portable.. https://www.amazon.com/Beatit-18000mAh-P...words=jump+boxs
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Re: Dead Battery On The Water Solutions?
[Re: stapler101]
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03/03/18 02:25 AM
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Charlesg35
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Outdoorsman
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Make a cable long enough to permanently connect to one of the trolling motor batteries and your cranking battery, positive to positive. Make the second cable attach to the negative terminal of the cranking battery, make it long enough to attach to the trolling motor battery negative terminal but just wire tie it to the cable that is already on the battery, you can wrap some electrical tape on the terminal end if your concerned about the cable touching something (although it won't do anything bad even if it did). Then if you ever need to, you can loosen the negative terminal connection on the trolling motor battery and attach the cable. No need to disconnect the trolling battery's existing cable connections. Connecting the cable will not effect the use of the trolling motor. No need to disconnect it after starting the big motor, just undo the cable after you get home.
'06 Triton Bassmaster Classic TR21X
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