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Originally Posted by Okotokian
Alternator?? LOL You mean my kicker could be charging my battery or running electronics?? Never occurred to me. Mine's just a pull start sitting there, connected to nothing. Or are you talking about electric starts that are hooked up to the battery? I just accepted that my fish finder was slowly drawing down my battery while my main engine was off and I was using my kicker. Never had a problem with that.
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Ya man !!!!
I have my little Honda kicker (9.9) and it kicks back 12 amps back into my battery when running.
Most outboards only kick back 6 amps - which is normally more than enough for downriggers/electronics/ect.. and, besides, when you are running riggers you are typically running the trolling motor anyways.
The back up pull start is also a life saver.
Had my bilge pump set to run "auto" one night (overnight while beached on the lake) and it rained buckets - so my bilge pumped quite often.
In the am, my main wouldn't crank as the battery was dead - so I pull started the kicker, ran it for 90 seconds, and then cranked over the main and went on my way.
I guess I still have my 24v system for my electric trolling motor on the bow if that didn't work - but it's a nice backup safety feature which is easy to use.
And because it's a Honda - it fires up like a sewing machine with one pull. lol.