Wiring a Second Battery for Accessories in Your 18ft Chaparral Runabout
Question
simple question i have an 18ft chaparral runabout i have one battery for everything but i have an extra battery and think i should use it to run my accesories how to i wire in the second battery is it accesory wire to positive new battery and negative to negative with additional jumper wire?
Answer
Bren,
Please contact me direct so I can send you a simple drawing on how to correctly connect a second battery so that it can be charged by the motor when running. on any boat you should at all possible times have a second battery to power only your equipment and the first battery is used for starting only!
TOM,
T&D ELECTRONICS
tdeser@zoominternet.net
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