Soapstop
Jet Boat Lover
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- Location
- Camrose, Alberta
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2011
- Boat Model
- X
- Boat Length
- 21
So, bought a 212x (yahoowee!) that had 9 hours on it. Love the boat. Can finally belong to this forum with actual street cred now, lol. However, after the first couple of runs, battery was dead. Chalked it up to old battery, but when I was hooking the new battery up, missed hooking up one of the cables that lead o the capacitor that was installed aftermarket on this boat. So, stereo wasn't working, but new battery had no issues with the next number of runs we took her on. Then I started digging into why the stereo had stopped working noticed the cable not connected, connected it, stereo worked. But in following the cable routing, noticed the capacitor was hooked directly to the starter battery ( the only battery this boat has, it didn't come with a two battery system) , and was not wired through the master boat disconnect switch or starter switch.
So, first off, would the capacitor drain a battery fairly quickly, or weaken an older battery?
Is this a very good idea at all, having the capacitor go direct to the battery?
FYI, the boat has a couple of modest tower speakers, and a sub, and has 3 alpine amps.
Next, I've read on this forum that it is better to forgo the capacitor idea and just add more batteries. Would this be good in my case? Next ( and this is where it gets really stupid), I assume there is some sort of alternator style charging system on boats, yes? Can I also assume a separate battery for stereo can be charged through this while underway, or can the alternator like unit not handle more than one battery usually.
Sorry for so many questions, my brain has been hurting with all the stored up confusion this new hobby of mine has created .
Thanks in advance,
Soapy
So, first off, would the capacitor drain a battery fairly quickly, or weaken an older battery?
Is this a very good idea at all, having the capacitor go direct to the battery?
FYI, the boat has a couple of modest tower speakers, and a sub, and has 3 alpine amps.
Next, I've read on this forum that it is better to forgo the capacitor idea and just add more batteries. Would this be good in my case? Next ( and this is where it gets really stupid), I assume there is some sort of alternator style charging system on boats, yes? Can I also assume a separate battery for stereo can be charged through this while underway, or can the alternator like unit not handle more than one battery usually.
Sorry for so many questions, my brain has been hurting with all the stored up confusion this new hobby of mine has created .
Thanks in advance,
Soapy