Charging

[griderdawg]

I have a 1978 60hp motor on my boat that does not have a charging system that I know of. What can I get to help in recharging the batteries while i am in the boat? Is there something I could hook up to the motor to make it charge the batteries? Thanks everybody

 

[BustinBass197]

Your motor should charge the cranking battery itself. As far as the other batteries you need to get a charging system that charges while the outboard is running. I know Stealth makes a good system, but it is pretty pricey. It is not good for fully charging batteries, but it will keep them fully charged if they have been charged before coming to the lake. They also make a switch I saw in the BPS catalog that will switch the motor alternator over to charging trolling batteries after the cranking battery has been fully charged, but I would imagine it is not good for the trolling batteries to be charged quickly this way. Hope this helps. Do the simple thing and get an on-board charger that you can use at home before coming to the lake. They also make one that charges while you pull your boat down the road, but don't know much about it.

 

[wrechin2]

60HP what???? I do not know of a engine that has a starter that does not have some way to recharge the starting battery. If it has a starter then, it will have a charging system(or would be a new one on me!). If the stator or rectifier is bad, then it will not charge. That can be repaired. IF it DOES NOT have a starter, most of the time it has the same stator as a engine with a starter and it can be convertered to charge batteries pretty easily. The ignition on most engines around that time are all ADI ignitions and use a stator to produce voltage for the ignition.

But would need more information on what we have. There weren't many popular other makes other than OMC or mercury at that time frame.

 

[wrechin2]

AND.... Most of the charging systems are only 9 amp back then. You could also install a battery isolator to charge 3 batteries pretty easily but would only be putting 3 amps each and would have to make a LONG WOT run to charge some trolling batteries. Just my opinion......

 

[griderdawg]

It is a 60 hp Mercury 2 stroke

 

[Hook1]

I have seen some Solar Trickle Chargers that mount on your boat but I can't remember who makes them. They seemed like on a sunny day they could to pretty good while you fished.

 

[JDK]

buy a 24 volt trolling motor and you will have a hard time running your batteries down on the small Allision you have. i can go 3 to 4 trips w/o charging mine. I have a 74 lb thurst on a 16 ft boat

 

[wrechin2]

Either the year or HP is incorrect. Mercury doesn't show a 60HP untill 84 and it is a 3 cylinder and in 78 they show a 650 which is 65HP and it is a 3 cylinder also. Both show to have a charging system on them. They have a 4 cylinder 65 but it is a 68-71. It too has a chargine system. Unless you have a overseas engine. Something is not correct.

On the front of the engine is a serial number. Post it. That will tell the year. If you look coming out from the flywheel you will see 2 yellow wires. That is your charging circuit from the stator. Hope this helps.

 

[wrechin2]

You have the boat similar to mine....... That is a later model engine on older model boat. It has the clamshell cowling which indicates it newer than 78. I am building a 2.5 200 for mine to learn how to drive it then I am building a 2.5 330HP for it. Should be fun. I have gutted it and got it down to around 350#'s. Here is a pic. Still in the project stages.

Post the serial and I will determine what year.

 

[griderdawg]

Thanks everybody. I will take a look at it and post the number later this week.