On board charger question

[cbrunick57]

Purchased a minn Kota 3 bank charger, my question revolves around lengthening the leads, my boat has the trolling motor battery on the opposite end of the boat as the starting battery. Do I have to buy the 30$ chunk of wire from Minn Kota, or can I splice in my own wire of the same gauge? I've heard differing opinions on this and was looking for opinions from people who have done it. Thanks in advance!

[delmuts]

No problem splicing, BUT!! Be certain to use the proper gauge wire, and make good connections( with a sleeve over it). Most companies recommend soldering the connections.( which I have never been able to do!! ) After talking to the guys a Dual Pro I was ok using the crimp sleeves and shrink tubing over. Never had any problems.

[BobT]

I bought the extension cables. It made the task quite easy to do. Not that splicing them yourself is difficult but at the time I was glad I went that route.

[Sandmannd]

I bought the good stuff and ran it from the front to the back. It's worth the extra to have the right gauge running through your boat.

[gunner55]

The same here.We ran the right gauge the length of the boat.