Re: Batteries
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:52 am
A little more information on this issue. I got the minn Kota 440 precision in and went back to a 4 battery system. This morning I work up with another battery that has reversed polarity. The battery was very hot and the box cabinet fan was running. The switch shows between 48-52 volts. It seems like the cooler it is the higher the voltage? It does seem like it's cooking the batteries. This really started happening more when I put some higher power gear up on the tower. 3 AF-11 and a new WS-26-500-DC. Is it possible that batteries are never getting fully charged because of the amount of load and just cooking them? The switch is showing around 250 watts use. What are others using to power these types of switches. I'm going to order the AC version of this switch and try to figure out a way to battery backup the power. It's been a rough couple weeks.