A marine deep cycle battery can also be used as a starting battery if it meets the cold cranking amps specification of the outboard motor. The black cable does go to ground negative but before you do that make sure the other cable has either a red or white band on it.
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Connecting battery to outboard motor. Shoreline marine presents captain weekend loye futch a 25 year veteran of the marine industry and professional boat mechanic who will show you how to properly connect wires to a marine battery. Jason marine mechanic replied 8 years ago. The location of the boats battery compartment may vary based on make and model but should generally be somewhere toward the back of the boat. If the outboard engine will be running its the role of the combiner to share charging output together with your trolling battery. The red or white band indicates that it is the positive wire. Slide the positive battery connector located on the red cable over the batterys positive terminal post.
Adding a regulator rectifier to an outboard motor so you can charge a battery is a relatively simple job. If you want to connect the trolling battery to the outboard motor you need to use a combiner that will connect between the trolling battery and the starting battery. Ask your own boat question. Customer reply replied 8 years ago. Poor battery installation from loose connections at the posts to poor grounds and over extended battery cables are the issues i see most frequently says david greenwood suzuki marine application manager. Connect the battery cables to the marine battery.
Not sure what u mean connect battery side or ob side. Are you trying to attach the battery cables to the the. Are you connecting the battery side or the outboardengine side. You need a lighting coil to supply an ac current that the rectifier will convert to a dc.
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