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re: On-board battery charger installation options
Posted on 5/11/17 at 2:03 pm to Wtodd
Posted on 5/11/17 at 2:03 pm to Wtodd
Whichever you chose, I would say mounting to underside of lid should be your very last resort. And if you must, then think this through very carefully. I just don't feel like this is your best option.
Several things to consider, most importantly how much depth from the inside of the lid to the top of gas tank & batteries? Is it even deep enough to do this? You do not want the charger resting on top of the gas tank and certainly not directly over the top of the batteries. Godforbid the thing wiggle lose or bend downward and touch across your battery poles and create a dead short right next to your gas tank.
Wire management would be a pain too, every time you open that compartment you'd be lifting the weight of the charger and all the wire connected to it.
Like I said before, you can make another location work, it might just take a little more labor installing. Good luck.
Several things to consider, most importantly how much depth from the inside of the lid to the top of gas tank & batteries? Is it even deep enough to do this? You do not want the charger resting on top of the gas tank and certainly not directly over the top of the batteries. Godforbid the thing wiggle lose or bend downward and touch across your battery poles and create a dead short right next to your gas tank.
Wire management would be a pain too, every time you open that compartment you'd be lifting the weight of the charger and all the wire connected to it.
Like I said before, you can make another location work, it might just take a little more labor installing. Good luck.
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Posted on 5/12/17 at 6:59 am to purplengold98
OK I looked at my options in a lot more detail last night & have maybe 3 real options.
Options that I'm dismissing - under the seats (live well & fuel tank to navigate around) & under the console (just not wanting to cut & splice add'l wire and then feed it to the back area).
Viable options:
Underneath the lid - will work and I can use locking nuts & bolts. The location on the lid where I would install it there's nothing under it (when closed) but batt cables so if for some reason it came loose and fell it wouldn't hurt anything. Virtually the only upside to this is I can use locking nuts and bolts which I would like to use.
Next to my batts - I have room to mount it on the same 1/4" aluminum "surface" as my batts; one 1 side is the fuel tank, 1 batt on another side and the remaining sides are 1/4" aluminum "walls". I believe Minn Kota wants 6" clearance all the way around & I don't have that but it's not touching anything; I'd say 2 maybe 3" all the way around. Upsides are: easier install, cables can be neatly arranged and for the most part it's out of the way. Downside: I'd have to use lag bolts or alike (will consider any suggestion you guys have concerning type of bolt here).
Option 3 is ????? for now. After I install my Talons (within the next month) I believe I can make or have made a bracket that can be bolted on to the 4 bolts that come thru the transom for 1 of the Talons (I may have to get longer bolts). On that bracket I can mount the charger. I actually like this option best bc it places the charger away from everything but will be a PITA to do.
Options that I'm dismissing - under the seats (live well & fuel tank to navigate around) & under the console (just not wanting to cut & splice add'l wire and then feed it to the back area).
Viable options:
Underneath the lid - will work and I can use locking nuts & bolts. The location on the lid where I would install it there's nothing under it (when closed) but batt cables so if for some reason it came loose and fell it wouldn't hurt anything. Virtually the only upside to this is I can use locking nuts and bolts which I would like to use.
Next to my batts - I have room to mount it on the same 1/4" aluminum "surface" as my batts; one 1 side is the fuel tank, 1 batt on another side and the remaining sides are 1/4" aluminum "walls". I believe Minn Kota wants 6" clearance all the way around & I don't have that but it's not touching anything; I'd say 2 maybe 3" all the way around. Upsides are: easier install, cables can be neatly arranged and for the most part it's out of the way. Downside: I'd have to use lag bolts or alike (will consider any suggestion you guys have concerning type of bolt here).
Option 3 is ????? for now. After I install my Talons (within the next month) I believe I can make or have made a bracket that can be bolted on to the 4 bolts that come thru the transom for 1 of the Talons (I may have to get longer bolts). On that bracket I can mount the charger. I actually like this option best bc it places the charger away from everything but will be a PITA to do.
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