Yep the charger will have to wait a month or two since the unexpected trollin motor failure is using my funds I had been savin for the charger. Ya I was thinkin the bps was probably not somethin I wanted.

There was a long thread about the BPS chargers in the Bass section about a week ago. Everyone said they eventually had to take them back and a couple said they actually started a fire.

Thanks that's good to know. I'll steer clear of those then. What about the Cabelas chargers any word on them?
I'll probably get a Minn kota or guest. By the way cheapest I found the was 165 on amazon. If u Google it there are a couple cheaper stores but they are all out of stock.

ah ok
so whats the diff between that on an the this one, the "D"
http://www.amazon.com/Minnkota-Charger-Board-Bank-15Amps/dp/B000E8BJB2

The "315D" unit is apparently a "Digital" unit. From the description:



Whether that makes a real difference, I don't know.

I dunno an the other non "D" is more expensive

The D from what I was told when I asked on BBC was simply meant Digital, hopefully Doug will take a look at this, he can probably explain it better.

that would be great.

well went an picked up that tm from Richard Meadors above.
Looks good. Didnt get a chance to install it, had to go play golf an mow the yard.

Since my boat was orriganally wierd for 12/24v basically i can just pick 2 leads and wire them into the 3 (round) prong plug and discard the 3rd correct? Or do i need that 3rd wire for something?
Also i guess i should try an wire in a 50amp breaker right. I havnt noticed one in there any where so i guess it didnt come with one.
If any one could give me some pointers on this that would be cool.

That is what I did just used two of the leads as mine was also a 12/24. You wont need the 3rd wire. Make sure you have a circuit breaker in there. They are cheap and good insurance. Use a voltage meter and just make sure you have the right volts when you get everything hooked up.

The new Minn Kota Chargers are now 3 Stage Linear Temperature Compensated Charger that are now Digitally controlled by a micro-processor. Here is a clip I did that trys to help explain about these chargers and some of the new features like state of charge and diagnostics light notifications http://youtu.be/gNKKfNP2DC4

Cool thanks. So the new model is the 315D correct?
I'll watch the vid when I get to a real comp. Pain on the phone.

An just so I'm clear I put the circuit breaker on the hot lead correct?

The "D" at the end of model is the new 2011 Model Digital Chargers.

You need to hook leads direct to the battery. Circuit Breaker is for Trolling Motor lead.

ok thanks that's what I was thinkin.

Yea I was talking about the tm with the breaker.
The biggest one they had at auto zone was a 40amp. Is this big enough or do I need to get a bigger one?

I asked that question a few weeks ago everybody told me I needed a 50 amp.