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 DEAD BATTERIES
#12213464
04/24/17 02:02 PM
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TWINCITY
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I came home from fishing the other night and left the master switch on. It looks like I may have had the lights on my rod box on. Not knowing this, I plugged in the charger and put the cover on my boat. Took the charger off after 2 days and went on. After a week went by, I hooked up the boat and went to the lake. When I got there, my starting battery was dead. So I tried to get the jumper cables to it and jump start my motor. Well they seemed plum dead as well. The only thing hook up to the trolling batteries are the trolling motor, and the charger. HOW WOULD MY TROLLING MOTOR BATTERIES BE DEAD? Is it possible that the light drew some current through the charger?
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Re: DEAD BATTERIES
[Re: TWINCITY]
#12213482
04/24/17 02:15 PM
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coachallentca
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If the batteries were totally drained you might have fried your charger. Do a load test on them.
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Re: DEAD BATTERIES
[Re: TWINCITY]
#12213484
04/24/17 02:18 PM
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JIM SR.
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were there any power outages with all the storms,..??
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Re: DEAD BATTERIES
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#12213526
04/24/17 02:46 PM
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D Miner
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If a battery is too dead, hooking up jumper cables won't help. It's possible that your trolling motor batteries are fine.
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Re: DEAD BATTERIES
[Re: D Miner]
#12213558
04/24/17 03:10 PM
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ChuChu1
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If a battery is too dead, hooking up jumper cables won't help. It's possible that your trolling motor batteries are fine. I left a light on in my boat, had a power failure to the charger that requires a reset to charge again. The battery had 0 volts. The charger would not charge it, kept showing that there was no battery connection, put my jumper cables on my truck, let it charge a few minutes then the charger would work.
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Re: DEAD BATTERIES
[Re: TWINCITY]
#12213611
04/24/17 03:53 PM
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TWINCITY
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I have the batteries on my 3-bank on-board charger going. I will let you guys know if they will charge or not. Thanks for the feedbacks.
I would like to buy a master switch that does not have a light on it so that over time my battery wont get drained. I can't see the light on the one I have now because the steering wheel blocks the view. So if you know where I can get the switch to replace the lighted master switch, that would be good. Thanks guys.
Last edited by TWINCITY; 04/24/17 04:03 PM.
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Re: DEAD BATTERIES
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#12213702
04/24/17 04:52 PM
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JIM SR.
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I have two master switches in my battery compartment, trolling and cranking battery, I use them religously.  ` 
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Re: DEAD BATTERIES
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#12216898
04/26/17 09:13 AM
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Diesel Doctor
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Some Minn Kota TM's will drain the batteries when stored. They recommend to disconnect when not in use.
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Re: DEAD BATTERIES
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#12217193
04/26/17 02:05 PM
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Muzzlebrake
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Perko master switch right next to the batteries solves a lot of the forgetting to turn off stuff problems.
Only thing is you have to remember to use it:)
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Re: DEAD BATTERIES
[Re: Diesel Doctor]
#12217217
04/26/17 02:14 PM
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ou.sooner
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Some Minn Kota TM's will drain the batteries when stored. They recommend to disconnect when not in use. Yup, I disconnect mine because I've had this happen to me.
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