I want to charge a 12 volt, 20 Amp hour AGM SLA battery through permanently attached cables. I think this is sometimes called a battery harness. (Maybe)
It is a small marine battery I will be using in calm ocean waters in a small kayak to power a 18 lb thrust trolling motor. If I can permanently attach the cable it allows me to do a much better job of waterproofing all the connections.
To charge this I am using a smart 4 stage microprocessor controlled battery charger. It says it is 12 volt , 3.3 amp. I have been directly clamping this onto the battery terminals when I need to charge this battery.
Here is a link to the charger I am using.
http://www.amazon.com/BC1204-Microprocessor-Controlled-Maintainer-Wheelchair/dp/B00F0XFE0I
I am concerned that if I try to charge the battery through the cables I recently attached, something in the permanent cables I have created and attached may interfere with the chargers ability to read the batteries condition and apply an appropriate charge.
I uploaded a couple pictures, with an explanation of what I am trying to do into a google document.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c5BRRBS8pJT0AAWvgw7ebrAT0SvvWr5LQdsEIqAmw8o/edit?usp=sharing
I could not see a way to include a picture from my camera, and I hope this works.
I have no experience with trying to wire anything to a 12 volt battery, or any other electrical systems. I have done a lot of reading, and I have spent almost a week trying to find a definitive answer to this somewhere, but I have had no luck. Maybe because it is such a simple question no one who needs to know this, is so clueless they need to ask.
But I do not want to assume I understand how all this works, and fry my battery. Or worse.
If anyone here could tell me if it should be OK to charge my battery through this harness I built, I would really appreciate it.
It is a small marine battery I will be using in calm ocean waters in a small kayak to power a 18 lb thrust trolling motor. If I can permanently attach the cable it allows me to do a much better job of waterproofing all the connections.
To charge this I am using a smart 4 stage microprocessor controlled battery charger. It says it is 12 volt , 3.3 amp. I have been directly clamping this onto the battery terminals when I need to charge this battery.
Here is a link to the charger I am using.
http://www.amazon.com/BC1204-Microprocessor-Controlled-Maintainer-Wheelchair/dp/B00F0XFE0I
I am concerned that if I try to charge the battery through the cables I recently attached, something in the permanent cables I have created and attached may interfere with the chargers ability to read the batteries condition and apply an appropriate charge.
I uploaded a couple pictures, with an explanation of what I am trying to do into a google document.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c5BRRBS8pJT0AAWvgw7ebrAT0SvvWr5LQdsEIqAmw8o/edit?usp=sharing
I could not see a way to include a picture from my camera, and I hope this works.
I have no experience with trying to wire anything to a 12 volt battery, or any other electrical systems. I have done a lot of reading, and I have spent almost a week trying to find a definitive answer to this somewhere, but I have had no luck. Maybe because it is such a simple question no one who needs to know this, is so clueless they need to ask.
But I do not want to assume I understand how all this works, and fry my battery. Or worse.
If anyone here could tell me if it should be OK to charge my battery through this harness I built, I would really appreciate it.