Greetings. I have a 25' O'day with 110w Solar panel connected to 2 120Ahr house batteries. I would like to hook up an echocharger to charge my start battery.
I know the echo charger instructions say to connect all charging sources to the house bank, but, my motor is a 15hp electric start Johnson outboard with an alternator. I can't really hook this charging source up to the house bank.
My question is, do I need to install a switch, that would essentially turn off the echo charger when the outboard is running? The alternator on the motor does not put out a whole lotta amps, I think less than 1 at idle and maybe up to 3 when throttled.
Thank you in advance!
Mark
I know the echo charger instructions say to connect all charging sources to the house bank, but, my motor is a 15hp electric start Johnson outboard with an alternator. I can't really hook this charging source up to the house bank.
My question is, do I need to install a switch, that would essentially turn off the echo charger when the outboard is running? The alternator on the motor does not put out a whole lotta amps, I think less than 1 at idle and maybe up to 3 when throttled.
Thank you in advance!
Mark
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