• Welcome to Jetboaters.net!

    We are delighted you have found your way to the best Jet Boaters Forum on the internet! Please consider Signing Up so that you can enjoy all the features and offers on the forum. We have members with boats from all the major manufacturers including Yamaha, Seadoo, Scarab and Chaparral. We don't email you SPAM, and the site is totally non-commercial. So what's to lose? IT IS FREE!

    Membership allows you to ask questions (no matter how mundane), meet up with other jet boaters, see full images (not just thumbnails), browse the member map and qualifies you for members only discounts offered by vendors who run specials for our members only! (It also gets rid of this banner!)

    free hit counter
  • Guest, we are pleased to announce that Hydrophase Ridesteady is offering an extra $100 off for JETBOATERS.NET members on any Ridesteady for Yamaha Speed Control system purchased through March 7th, 2025. Ridesteady is a speed control system (“cruise control”) that uses GPS satellites or engine RPM to keep your boat at the set speed you choose. On twin engine boats, it will also automatically synchronize your engines.

    Click Here for more information>Ride Steady group buy for JetBoaters.net members only

    You can dismiss this Notice by clicking the "X" in the upper right>>>>>

Solar Charger Question?

DaveShip55

Jet Boat Addict
Messages
80
Reaction score
53
Points
87
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2005
Boat Model
AR
Boat Length
23
Stupid question, I was thinking about buying a portable solar battery charger/maintainer, and just wondering if I need to worry about anything with having the two separate House/Starting batteries. Can I just connect the alligator clips to one of the batteries? I’d have all the battery switches in the off position, so I figure it would only charge that battery, just want to make sure it won’t hurt anything, knowing there’s a wire connecting the negative posts together on both batteries.
I figure might as well help the batteries out a little while the boat is sitting in the boat slip in Havasu for hours in the direct sunlight.
 
I have a solar charge controller on mine and 100W panel. I have it connected to the House Battery. The DVSR automatically engages to keep the start battery charged as its voltage engaged. No issues running that way in over 2 years.
 
Back
Top