Vetus offers 2 different types of marine battery series with its own characteristics.
Bow thruster battery charger.
We strongly advise the use of a float charger during winter storage.
This article was written for a 12 volt winch or bow thruster.
Up to 10 solar chargers may be connected in parallel formation.
What about the charger for these batteries.
The bow thruster batteries are up by the bow thruster and i have a 6awg cable running up there from the charger overkill for 24 v.
The bow thruster can be run for a maximum of three minutes in any hour.
Since then the trollbridge chargers for 24 volt equipment have been introduced that can handle winches and bow thrusters up to 15 horsepower.
Is there an easy way to check this out.
Parts list automotive battery with enough capacity to run the device for the longest job.
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.
The battery will be positioned next to the bow thruster which therefore requires approximately an eleven meter cable run for the charging cable from the engine alternator 80ah rated to bow thruster battery.
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There are no thick cables going to this battery and i find it a bit weird.
So no problem on getting the juice to the battery.
We offer 6 brands of thruster systems for bow or stern 2 brands of windlasses roll stabilization systems using both fins and gyroscopes northstar battery systems electronic control systems from glendinning arid bilge systems lumishore underwater lighting and dockmate wireless yacht control systems.
The solar charger enables regulated battery charging when using solar panels.
The anchor windlass batteries are in the engine room about 45 feet away.
I ve seen this matter of re charging bow thruster batteries handled several ways.
So it seems like my bow thruster battery mounted next to thruster isn t connected to the rest of the system.
There is a bep dvsr there but i m not yet sure how it is used.