- Aug 20, 2021
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- Boat Info
- Started out as MAYBE A DANCER
Became a Dancer - 12/23/21
- Engines
- 450 DA Sundancer running CAT 3126
My 1996 450 DA came with 12 volt SIDE POWER bow and stern thrusters, installed by PO in 2014.
Boat was a DOCK QUEEN and saw little use with only 435 hours at time of purchase last year.
Fwd thruster has 2 group 24 marine (West Marine dual purpose) lead/acid batteries of unknown age and a battery charger buried out of sight.
The batteries are also inaccessible, its a big project to get them out of there.
I have not serviced them as more important work has been going on and I planned to replace them anyway. The difficulty in access means it's unlikely they have ever been serviced.
My plan is to replace the batteries with AGM's and upgrade to a modern charger to accommodate them.
Specifically, I will either relocate the charger into the fwd closet or get one with a remote panel as to better monitor the batteries as the current setup does not allow for that.
So any recommendations for AGM's in this application?
New charger recommendations?
Remote panel ?
Thank you all for your input.
BEST !
RWS
Boat was a DOCK QUEEN and saw little use with only 435 hours at time of purchase last year.
Fwd thruster has 2 group 24 marine (West Marine dual purpose) lead/acid batteries of unknown age and a battery charger buried out of sight.
The batteries are also inaccessible, its a big project to get them out of there.
I have not serviced them as more important work has been going on and I planned to replace them anyway. The difficulty in access means it's unlikely they have ever been serviced.
My plan is to replace the batteries with AGM's and upgrade to a modern charger to accommodate them.
Specifically, I will either relocate the charger into the fwd closet or get one with a remote panel as to better monitor the batteries as the current setup does not allow for that.
So any recommendations for AGM's in this application?
New charger recommendations?
Remote panel ?
Thank you all for your input.
BEST !
RWS