battery setup help ?

[abbot_86]

hey fellas just a quick question for you about my battery set up. i currently have a century 400 marine pro that i just bought for my 4.2 m tinny that runs nav lts anchor lt 12 v outlet ,bilge pump and my sounder. the guy i bought the boat off is also giving me a tiller steer minkota that he got with it but never used i think its around the 50lb thrust. my question is can i run this off my 400 size battery or do i need a seperate battery? ive noticed everyone with electric motors have a seperate battery. why is this? i have an alternator kit on the motor so it recharges as i run the motor,with the motor being a pull start i dont need battery power to start it if the battery did go flat. any help would be good . cheers nick

[plaztix]

Your marine pro is not a deep cycle and will die a premature death if used to power an elec. motor.

You need to get a proper marine grade deep cycle battery.

[Angla]

Plaztix is right on the money.

Chris

[Toddy_again]

The electric motor may also interfere with your sounder.


Toddy

[luckyone]

if you hunt around you can buy 100 amp supercharge deepcycles cheap and they are good

[Donny Boy]

Try talking to a bloke in any Battery World store.
They like to volunteer plenty of info, and you may even find the right setup at a good price if you work on him.

[abbot_86]

thanks fellas appreciate the advice

[Callop]

have a look at this site http://www.fridge-and-solar.net/
It has a lot of good info