Main motor and kicker, dual battery with ACR wiring

[Pewpster]

Just purchased a new to me boat with a 225 verado and 9.9 kicker. The wiring is a bit of a mess and I'd like to redo it with the appropriate fuses and connections. I picked up the blue seas add a battery kit with a double pole switch and acr.

My plan was to have the main motor on its own battery and the kicker on the second battery with the house loads. I like the idea of a single switch for simplicity. Are there any issues with this setup?

I couldn't find the exact wiring diagram, so i modified one by moving the kicker connection from being in parallel with the main to being in parallel with the house loads.

The Verado manual specifically calls for an AGM battery, so I'd like to just get two identical AGM dual purpose batteries. I'm open to battery suggestions, but I'm not interested in lithium.

I would think a main/kicker dual battery setup is pretty common on a sport fishing boat. Any input would be appreciated.

 

[CIVANO]

here is what Blue Seas sent me

 

[CIVANO]

sorry for bottom of photo!

 

[Pewpster]

here is what Blue Seas sent me

Perfect, that's exactly my plan. I couldn't find the exact diagram online.

 

[CIVANO]

Perfect, that's exactly my plan. I couldn't find the exact diagram online.

same here. I had to call them and they emailed it to me

 

[Rayvon]

same here. I had to call them and they emailed it to me

Thanks for that,I've saved the photo for when I do mine.

 

[MRWood]

I’m thinking that’s what my setup is going to be as well. Photo saved, thanks civano.

 

[chille51]

That's what I did. Works fine for 2 seasons so far. A couple times when I was drifting and jigging with my electronics on but no motor running, had to pull start the kicker. Could have flipped the switch to the both position I guess, in hindsight.

 

[CIVANO]

That's what I did. Works fine for 2 seasons so far. A couple times when I was drifting and jigging with my electronics on but no motor running, had to pull start the kicker. Could have flipped the switch to the both position I guess, in hindsight.

If one battery is low on this system, before switching to both, make sure the small green light is not blinking! If it is, the controller is telling you that switching to both could drain the full battery into the low battery making it difficult to start either motor.

 

[mbowers]

That's what I did. Works fine for 2 seasons so far. A couple times when I was drifting and jigging with my electronics on but no motor running, had to pull start the kicker. Could have flipped the switch to the both position I guess, in hindsight.

I went with kicker and main on a starting battery and a pair of deep cycle batteries for the electronics / house on my barely used Weldcraft. Way better than the single deep cycle as shared starting and house battery for a 300hp as rigged new by Sherwood. Every start would reboot the electronics and the deep cycle didn't meet Yamaha specs for starting. Hard to get quality wiring in a $250k boat these days..

 

[chille51]

If one battery is low on this system, before switching to both, make sure the small green light is not blinking! If it is, the controller is telling you that switching to both could drain the full battery into the low battery making it difficult to start either motor.

Good tip,thanks! It's probably just as easy to pull start my 9.9 as it is to mess with the switch, tbh.