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Thread: Hooking both charger leads to one battery

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    Quote Originally Posted by FurFlyin View Post
    I'm not Minn Kota but I'm sure the reason, or at least part of the reason is so you don't have wires laying around with voltage on them. When 12 volt power grounds out, it burns up stuff.
    I'm sure that's why they say to hook all the wires up. Actually if it's a 10 amp charger (5/5), all 10 amps will go to the 1 battery.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jawjatek View Post
    I would not do it unless someone in a technical capacity at MK said it was ok. You could smoke it.

    Curious about the battery you bought, 195 Ah sounds like a heck of a lot to me.
    I bought the battery at Batteries Plus Bulbs for $269.00.

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    I agree with Crappiemax's post. I've read in a couple different charger instructions that if all leads are not connected to a battery, the charger will sense a bad battery and show an alarm.
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    I spoke with Minn Kota tech and was told I could hook one lead to the battery, but was told not to hook the other lead up to the same battery, just to tape it up.
    I may be getting older but I refuse to grow up.
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    Thanks for the update

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