Wtb Onboard Charger

[MoSportsmen]

Looking for a good used onboard 2 bank charger for my boat. If you got one sitting colecting dust let me know.

[jeb]

How many amps do you want? I see Cabela's has a heck of a sale going on for the Pro Mariner 6amp, 2 battery (3 amps per battery) charger right now. Only $50!

I have a brand new Pro Mariner "ProSport8" charger sitting on a shelf in the garage I'd probaby be willing to sell. That would be 4 amps per battery per hour.

[MoSportsmen]

That is a heck of a deal I will check it out. 6 amp would probably do me but 8 would be better.

[jeb]

Yeah, you need to consider how fast you want to recharge the batteries. If you have drawn 60amps out of a battery during a day of fishing, for example, and hook it to that 6 amp charger, it would take about 20 hours to bring the battery to full charge at its 3amp per hour per battery rate. An 8amp would make that a little quicker at about 15 hours. There's also a discssion to be had about slower charging rates possibly being better for battery life. So lots of stuff to think about.

[MoSportsmen]

Right, I'm not retired yet and I don't do tournaments anymore, so I rarely fish all day fot two days in a row. Slower will probably be fine. The only one I found on the Cabellas site for 50 bucks was single bank. I would like the convience of one plug two batteries charging though.

[jeb]

Got you. I returned your PM.