But this incident certainly illustrates the reason we need TWO batteries and a switch. The LAST thing we want is to be stuck out somewhere with a bad battery, bad cable, whatever. A Wellcraft V20 is too big to row! It is easy and inexpensive to invest in another battery and a switch and new cables. Then ensure both are charged up during your next outing. BTW, you must shut the engine down when you switch batteries unless your switch goes through a "both" position. I just stop the engine, switch batteries, then restart the engine. In an hour or so, even without a meter, you can be confident that the other battery is fully charged.
Larry
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1975 Wellcraft V20 Steplift with 1979 Evinrude 150. Newly rebuilt dual axle trailer. Boat is in a slip behind Harbor Island on San Diego Harbor.
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