Gorge question

[Oats]

Just wondering if there is anyway to charge a battery at the Lucerne boat ramp? I've tried all kinds of things to keep a charge on that battery but nothing I care to do again if I don't have to.
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[DonInDenver]

Hey Oats! Where ya been? Good to see you on here again!
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[fuzzyfisher]

the olnly way i know how to charge at the ramp is to pull the boat out and bring your truck around and jump charge it..

but if your battery keeps going dead then i would have to say there is someting drawing on your battery some where.. or it's a bad battery.. your battery should hold a charge for a good 5 to 6 months with out running the motor..
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[BearLakeMack]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]I'm not sure what you're asking. Was you battery dead when you got there or do you need a place to charge it between outings? I'm assuming you need a 110 outlet to hook a charger to? [/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]I know there is a plug on the fish cleaning station at the top of the ramp. Whether it is hot or not I don't know, early in the season you may be able to use it before the masses show up or the cleaning station opens. Also the D Loop of the campground has electically outlets. I know of nothing at the bottom of the ramp but that's not a place you want to charge batteries anyway.[/size][/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]Why are your batteries discharging? Is the battery dying or do you have a short somewhere on the boat? Loose connectios at the battery terminals? I'd look for the problem causing the drain.[/size][/black][/font]
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[Oats]

I was talking about the onboard batteries. How do you guys keep a charge without a A/C outlet? Running the trolling motor sucks a lot of juice out of that thing.

Hello Don! I'll PM you when I get a chance.
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[Wyobraz]

Sorry I don't know if there is a plug in anywhere around Lucern. I have always pulled the boat out of the water and used my generator to charge the trolling motor batteries with my onboard charger.
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[fishley]

thay have power at the dock's for the big boat's so talk to lucerene and see what thay say..............
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[Oats]

I think I'll bag it and just get a generator. Anyone have a report? I thought it was slower this early in the spring, seems like a lot of big ones are already showing up.
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[piscispursuit]

Cabela's carries a charger that allows you to charge both your onboard starting batteries and your onboard trolling bank. I have on and it works well. Of course, your main engine has to be running above idle for the alternator to generate enough juice to give them a good charge. Not a problem if you are running up or down lake for 20-40 minutes. If your going from Swim to Lucerne you won't get much.
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[Oats]

Is it a Cabelas brand charger? Thanks
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[OLDGUYSRULE]

Thanks for the info I was trying to find a good on board charger for mine also.[cool]
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[piscispursuit]

No, there are a couple listed, just do a search on the top of the Cabelas page for "battery charger". 3 pages of results come up. Some are called voltage sensitive..... and the others are by Dual Pro. I have the Dual Pro 24V 3-bank model. Works great, though involved a bunch of wiring to get it all hooked up right. It's also nice because I wired the standard wall plug part of it to the back of my boat (where my 2-stroke oil well access is) and now when I need to charge all onboard batteries on the boat I can just plug in there without having to get under the cover and all that. Just plug in and I'm good to go.
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[Oats]

How long does the engine have to be running to charge a completely dead deep cycle battery?
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[piscispursuit]

A lot of variables there including engine alternator voltage/amperage output, what size battery, other draw on system, etc, etc. I use a 24v trolling system and it rarely goes completely dead, but when I plug in to normal AC it takes about 45 minutes to charge, when running on the water you have to charge the starting battery first, so it probably takes a little longer.
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[Oats]

Why, thats a great idea those units have,but I don't know what to get yet. I think the Stay N Charge unit maybe the one I end up buying.
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