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Battery Isolator or Automatic Charging Relay?

Steve Risley

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Location
Lake Oconee, GA
Boat Make
Chaparral
Year
2015
Boat Model
VRX
Boat Length
20
Installing a 2nd battery. I’m leaning toward installing an Automatic Charging Relay vs. a Battery Isolator. One battery for starting and the 2nd for stereo. Thoughts from anyone’s experience? Thanks in advance!
 
I can tell you from the factory a battery disconnect is used in the fashion you describe on the 240s. I would think there would be an advantage to being able to manually disconnect them in the event of a electric fire.
 
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