Trailer Boat Trick

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For those of you who travel long distances, I have a trick you might like. I have a 282 Monterey with 2 fridges. These 2 will zap a battery or batteries! I put my Honda eu2000 in the bed of my truck and run a extention cord back thur the trailer to the back of the boat. Plug it in and charge the batteries in transit. When I arrive I Unplug and roll up the cord and launch! Batteries HOT! I have done this for 1000s of miles with no problems.
 
An alternative would be to use and ACR going from the tow vehicle electric system to the boat's batteries... This way you avoid using the generator.

Just a thought.
 
Jay:

Back in mid-70s, I purchased a Dodge Charger SE with a heavy duty towing package. This included a female receptacle at the hitch which was wired to the battery through an isolator with an oversized battery and alternator. Ran wires to the boat. When driving to and from, alternator charged the boat battery.

Simple system. Must have been around when Iaccoca was CEO.

You might try this with a more efficient ACR and save the gas in the Honda for the boat.

Gene
 
If driving from point A to point B without a stop over for an extended period of time, I would just run 12v from the tow vehicle. Two fridges will draw an average of about 4-6 amps combined. The tow vehicle can easily handle that.
 
If my boat's batteries could not keep up with the electrical load of the boat for a couple days, I would replace them or add additional capacity as needed.

Running a generator in a truck bed for seveal hours to keep the batteries charged sounds inefficient to me.
 
Don't you know that a Honda generator can kill you!,:)
 
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Originally posted by psalzer

Don't you know that a Honda generator can kill you!,:)

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Uh ho? Popcorn please! Honda Generator??
 
If a guy can't afford the gas the Honda burns, better stay home.:-)
Gas gonna get cheap, Zero dumped 30 million BBLS. of oil on the market.
 
You might want to look at the setup I built to charge my camper batteries after finding the stock system to be inadequate. I did a lot of research on this and have used it in the field several times now. It works extremely well and I'm very pleased with it....... http://gogittum.com/blog/?cat=136
 
Love my honda! It has tried to kill me more than once! Good Idea to use the truck to charge batteries! If you want to re-wire everything.My way is simple! One Honda One Cord! Plug and play! Boat gets 1.4 mpg Dodge diesel towing gets 9 or 10 mpg. The little gas the honda uses is not even in the equation.......If you can use my idea, great! If not DONT!!!
 
LMAO.....Why even bother with any of that? Why not just turn the Boat Battery System off? Do you really NEED the refrigerators running while in transit?
 
sure! got all the beerz and eats in fridges!!!No shopping when you get there!
 
JayRock, great idea. Did this once when pulling my 290 in a parade playing my stereo with an 800 amp amplifier. Will run down my two house batteries in a couple hours. Didn't think about having a refrigerator on also ;-).
 
Sounds like a great idea. I used to run a simple cord from the boat battery to the car battery, but I had to unhook it whenever I was stopped for any time.
 
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