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Downtown42 04-27-2007 12:41 PM

Factory jumper cables
 
Mine plug in by the floor on bench seat. Question:

If I hook up my battery charger to the cable ends, which battery will it charge? Does it send current just to 1 battery or 2?

Wally 04-27-2007 02:39 PM

I would imagine it would just send juice to one battery...if it did more then one battery at a time then there would be no reason to have a Battery selector switch as the batteries would be connected all together (linked in parallel)

rjcardinal 04-27-2007 03:11 PM

Depends on the position of your battery switch. If you set it to both, which connects both batteries in paralell, it should charge both batteries.

Ron

Back4More 04-27-2007 03:34 PM

Won't the shore power charge both batteries?

Wally 04-27-2007 03:51 PM


Originally Posted by Back4More (Post 2108498)
Won't the shore power charge both batteries?

Shore power is usually wired straight to the individual battery....so if you have 3 batteries onboard then you probably have a 3 bank charger....you plug in shore power and turn on the charger and its charging...realy has nothing to do with the swicth...unles you have the swict set to both in which case the shore powers bank will be probably fighting each other....

US1 Fountain 04-27-2007 04:35 PM


Originally Posted by rjcardinal (Post 2108473)
Depends on the position of your battery switch. If you set it to both, which connects both batteries in paralell, it should charge both batteries.

Ron

Bingo!

The cables go directly to 1 of the batterys. Up the the switch position to determine if you send the juice to the other batterys.

tomtbone1993 04-27-2007 04:40 PM

no one has a Volt meter, and can do a little Myth Bustin?

Strip Poker 388 04-27-2007 05:38 PM


Originally Posted by Downtown42 (Post 2108301)
Mine plug in by the floor on bench seat. Question:

If I hook up my battery charger to the cable ends, which battery will it charge? Does it send current just to 1 battery or 2?

if ya would quit hooking them up to your peanuts it wouldnt drain the batteries:p


I would think the house/#1 bat.thats the way mine is :drink:

BZ 04-27-2007 07:43 PM


Originally Posted by Downtown42 (Post 2108301)
Mine plug in by the floor on bench seat. Question:

If I hook up my battery charger to the cable ends, which battery will it charge? Does it send current just to 1 battery or 2?


You cheep azz, just buy and on board charger and then you won't have to rig up this screwy charging system...LOL...BZ

Downtown42 04-29-2007 05:49 PM

Yep it goes to the #2 battery. All went well.


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