Noco charger placement

[vikingknut]

I have purchased a Noco Genius GENPRO10x3 (only going to use 2 currently until/unless I add a battert=y). My question is on placement/mounting. Any concerns I should have with mounting it horizontally in the area behind the batteries of my 2023 AR250? There isn't a lot of space to place it elsewhere and that seems like a good out-of-the-way area.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

Pictures always help…

But, other that what the NOCO installation instructions say, I’d say you’d want it to be in a large compartment so that you have enough cooling air, or if a small compartment you would want to leave the compartment open so the charger doesn’t get too hot. I’m sure that you can extend the leads for the charger if you wanted to mount it in another compartment, that is what I did with my MinnKota chargers.

 

[vikingknut]

Pictures always help…

But, other that what the NOCO installation instructions say, I’d say you’d want it to be in a large compartment so that you have enough cooling air, or if a small compartment you would want to leave the compartment open so the charger doesn’t get too hot. I’m sure that you can extend the leads for the charger if you wanted to mount it in another compartment, that is what I did with my MinnKota chargers.

This is not my picture or my boat, but basically where the area outlined in red is. There appears to be a ton of space and it is right behind the batteries.

 

[1WetBoat]

Here is where I installed mine on my AR250. I plan on swapping it out for a 10x3 eventually but there is plenty of space. I also have my powerplug lead for the outside of the boat in that same area and it reaches perfectly.



PowerPlug

 

[vikingknut]

That may work, but the 10x3 is much bigger than I expected

 

[Ronnie]

Not a 250 but I mounted mine flat near the batteries. My only other option. Was to mount it on the side of a battery box. If it didn’t have any buttons on it i would have mounted it deeper in the compartment. The other limiting factor was the length of the shore power cable. I didn’t want to drill another hole on the side of the boat so I put the charging port in a swim deck cup holder.

 

[Tex72]

I don’t know how relevant this is, but I put Velcro on the back of mine, & stuck it on the carpet next to the battery cover (w/ leads crossing under the battery cover).

These pics were before I added the 2nd battery, so battery #2 (house battery) leads are bundled.

I keep the plug loose, rather than a drilled mount, & I keep the seat flipped up to connect the charger. It allows me to keep the charger if I sell the boat later, and no drilling or screws into the hull. Pretty simple & easy, but not as fancy as other set ups.