Electric downriggers

[tlax011]

Main motor trolling my electric down riggers going up makes my boat sputter and stall out some times any suggestions

 

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[Jeremy Goodison]

Been there....
Add another battery specific for your trolling gear.
I also added a kicker with alternator to that specific battery.
Reality is your drawing more electric than your generating. Also upgrade or check your alternator?

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[briarpatch]

Like the man said, second entry. Kicker that charges.

[briarpatch]

That was second battery.

[tlax011]

Thanks I got a kicker so alternator on kicker it is had my batterys die running off just kicker before running all the electronics meet thought of putting one on the kicker

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[Jeremy Goodison]

My modern kicker actually put out more charge than my old OMC engine did. With my Mercury pro kicker it never fags out no matter how much we are doing.

I also carry extra jumper cables to charge if a helper boat is needed. Before I got the kicker, I drained a battery and died. Thank goodness a boat came over with jumper cables and got me going again. You can get in a lotta trouble if you run out of electric out there and bilge isn't functioning.

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[MikeNY]

What's connected to kicker battery? Only My downriggers run off kicker and battery. Everything else is on main batt.

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[MikeNY]

What's connected to kicker battery? Only My downriggers run off kicker and battery. Everything else is on main battery

 

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[garrymny]

I have two Marine batteries in parallel that run all electric and both main and kicker starters, and the electric down rigger. No problems at all.

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[jimski2]

Adding another battery in the transom area with this additional kicker engine hanging on the transom can cause a dangerous condition upsetting the designed balance of the boat. Think of a wave coming over the transom.


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[Sk8man]

14 hours ago, jimski2 said:

Adding another battery in the transom area with this additional kicker engine hanging on the transom can cause a dangerous condition upsetting the designed balance of the boat. Think of a wave coming over the transom.


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Certainly depends on size and type of boat. I have never had any waves come over any part of my 18 ft. Whaler from any direction despite having 2 batteries, 3 gal gas tank, and a 4 stroke 9.8 onthe back.

Edited July 18, 2017 by Sk8man

[garrymny]

I actually have 3 deep cycle batteries back there. One is connected solely to the autopilot. I also have a 70 hp and a 9.9 kicker. 19 foot fairly deep boat. Water comes into the well once in awhile​ but certainly nothing to worry about. It may help that the boat is rated for a 130 hp and I am under powered! But it gets me along at 22 mph.

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