Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

OK...I have a 24 volt bow mounted trolling motor. It's run from two 12 volt batteries.
The two batteries are hooked together in series ( + connected to - ) the trolling motor is hooked to the other plus and minus for 24 volts. Works great..

Question...can I leave the batteries hooked up like they are, then....
attach my 12 volt down rigger to the ( + and - ) of just one of the batteries..

Anxiously awaiting your answers....Thank you....Harry

Yes, just fully charge each, so they end up with equal state of charge. If you don't, They will equalize to the lowest charged one. I use to do this with my golf cart battery's, if it was stored a long time, and wanted to be sure they were topped off. I had 6-6V deep cycle battery's and would use 2-6V chargers, and move it to next battery pr. The charger that came with the cart would shut off before all 6 were fully charged I discovered.