Bow Thruster Battery Charging

I can t find one anywhere close to the batteries and i m wondering if maybe there is a problem with the battery charger that serves these batteries.

Bow thruster battery charging.

The battery will be positioned next to the bow thruster which therefore requires approximately an eleven meter cable run for the charging. This article was written for a 12 volt winch or bow thruster. During the boating season the batteries are able to supply both small constant loads as well as heavy but short loads for the use of a bow thruster. What about the charger for these batteries.

The bow thruster can be run for a maximum of three minutes in any hour. Battery state of charge soc the second lesson concerns a typical marine topic. My bow thruster battery is connected to the main bank by an adverc 12 12 battery charger. Don t put thrusters on the house battery especially don t do so when using bms protected lithium for the house battery.

Has worked well for many years and now a windlass is connected to the bt as i can t see both being used at the same time unless i grow an extra pair of arms. The bow thruster will be used probably for up to two minutes for maneuvering at the start and end of each trip. The main reasons for that. Vetus offers 2 different types of marine battery series with its own characteristics.

I ve seen this matter of re charging bow thruster batteries handled several ways. One way is to. Note since there is a battery at each end of the charging line you need a fuse or circuit breaker at each end. Is there an easy way to check this out.

The conclusion is simple. We strongly advise the use of a float charger during winter storage. Sorry to be late on this thread but the bow thruster must be on the starter battery unless it has its own battery on a separate circuit with a charge splitter. A starter battery can take a short heavy load called cca cold cranking amps but a domestic battery is designed to take a long deep discharge at a lower amperage but over several.