Our family has a fair number of rods and I put each into a rod bag before storing in a tube. Anyhow, it's sometimes hard to tell which rod is which so I started to label them.
If you look into the Quilting Notions section of any large fabric store you'll find some fabric sheets that you can print on with an ink jet printer. These are often used to print photos onto a white fabric and then ironed on to your project. I fired up MS Word and made a sheet of text with different labels for the different rods. Setting it up in two column mode you can print labels for at least 20 rods. I then printed my document onto one of these fabric sheets (June Taylor Quick Fuse Iron-On Inkjet Fabric Sheet - washable), cut out individual labels, and then ironed them on to the rod bags. Works great and it makes it real easy to find the rod your looking for.
I just figured that it is easy enough to just get a 3 bank so when the boat is not in use I can keep all 3 batteries charged. I have not bough a charger yet, maybe I will give it some more thought.
Edit: After thinking this over, with the size, weight, and heat output of the charger (as well as the cost) I think it makes sense to just
buy a 2 bank charger, I have a smaller charger i can use on the starting battery when the boat is sitting at home. Forgive me, for i am a retired engineer and I have to obsess over everything...
Congrats on the motor! I think you’ll like it.
I can’t say much on the charger location but I’ve seen them under the lid in back compartments and under center rod lockers. 160 degrees is more than I expected to hear.
Curious why you’re opting for a 3 bank charger with a 24V trolling motor. Unless you don’t feel you be running you big motor enough to keep that battery up as well?
I did buy an Minnkota Ulterra, thanks for the recommendations. I had a bunch of Cabela"s bucks saved up, which helped. Now i need to
get an onboard battery charger. Where do you guys mount these things in your boat? The manufacturer I am looking at {Noco genius)
says tht their 3-bank charger will run at 160 degrees, seems like a lot of heat in an enclosed compartment? Thanks for any input on this.
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Our family has a fair number of rods and I put each into a rod bag before storing in a tube. Anyhow, it's sometimes hard to tell which rod is which so I started to label them.
If you look into the Quilting Notions section of any large fabric store you'll find some fabric sheets that you can print on with an ink jet printer. These are often used to print photos onto a white fabric and then ironed on to your project. I fired up MS Word and made a sheet of text with different labels for the different rods. Setting it up in two column mode you can print labels for at least 20 rods. I then printed my document onto one of these fabric sheets (June Taylor Quick Fuse Iron-On Inkjet Fabric Sheet - washable), cut out individual labels, and then ironed them on to the rod bags. Works great and it makes it real easy to find the rod your looking for.
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