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Am I in need of a charger upgrade?
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09/01/17 02:49 PM
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Super Start cranking battery 650 MCA Two Interstate batteries both with 845 MCA Noco Genius mini 2 bank battery charger. Batteries have been tested and are still rock solid. Longest I have been on the water to date is 9-10 hours and still had juice when I put the boat on the trailer. My problem is with the charging; it's going on close to 16 hours now and it is still not fully charged. Is this a call for a charger upgrade? What's a guy gonna do when there's a 2 day tourney???
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Re: Am I in need of a charger upgrade?
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09/01/17 03:01 PM
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Re: Am I in need of a charger upgrade?
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09/01/17 03:04 PM
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If you can't find em wind em.
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Re: Am I in need of a charger upgrade?
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09/01/17 03:10 PM
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4 amps per bank...I think I answered my own question.
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Re: Am I in need of a charger upgrade?
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09/01/17 03:34 PM
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If you are draining batteries and fishing back to back tourny days you gonna need a bigger charger, at least a 10 amp and and probably 15amp would be even beter
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Re: Am I in need of a charger upgrade?
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09/01/17 04:13 PM
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Per Minn Kota's website a 30 amp charger would fully charge the batteries in 4-6 hours. That would be plenty powerful enough for my boat. Only addition I may add in the future is a hydrowave. Other than that it's just two HDS graphs and a 24v TM. Not putting anything else on this boat.
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Re: Am I in need of a charger upgrade?
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09/01/17 04:42 PM
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One issue is you have one bank trying to charge two batteries. Neither will get completely charged well or evenly. With 3 batteries, you need a 3 bank charger and I would recommend a 15 amp or higher.
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Re: Am I in need of a charger upgrade?
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09/01/17 05:44 PM
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One issue is you have one bank trying to charge two batteries. Neither will get completely charged well or evenly. With 3 batteries, you need a 3 bank charger and I would recommend a 15 amp or higher. Why would you recommend 15 as opposed to 10 amps? Does this give me anything other than a faster charge?
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Re: Am I in need of a charger upgrade?
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09/01/17 06:18 PM
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No, just a faster charge. I spend a lot of time on the trolling motor. When running morning and afternoon trips, I don't have time to put it back on the charger in between. I just want when I do charge it, to be an effective use of time to be back fully charged.
I have the 4 bank MK 460 PC at 15 amps per bank and it does an excellent job.
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Re: Am I in need of a charger upgrade?
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09/01/17 06:52 PM
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Ok. Got ya, thanks. I'm the type to get out early and stay till I'm done and would never really do multiple trips in one day. Unless, I guess, I'm fishing an away lake and staying there for a few consecutive days right on the water.
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Re: Am I in need of a charger upgrade?
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09/01/17 07:07 PM
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I'm looking at the MK 330 PC
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Re: Am I in need of a charger upgrade?
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09/01/17 07:11 PM
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Or finding the 345 PC on eBay for pretty cheap.
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Re: Am I in need of a charger upgrade?
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09/01/17 07:13 PM
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Would I need to buy any additional equipment for the new charger or can it be retro-fitted with the existing battery cables and set up?
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Re: Am I in need of a charger upgrade?
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09/01/17 07:21 PM
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345 PC for $315 BNIB. That's a steal.
The 330 PC is $380 on Tackle Warehouse before Labor Day discount.
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Re: Am I in need of a charger upgrade?
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09/01/17 08:01 PM
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Check Amazon, they had some really good prices.
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