Solar charger

[Carlson150XS]

Can I hook up a solar charger to a Perko Battery selector switch to charge both my batteries? If so how? Thanks for your help!

[hsbob]

it should be possible.. but you also need a solar regular. even with sun you can cook a battery. if it only going to charge while your around the boat it may not be an issue. if your going to leave it sit all week the its an issue.

[Carlson150XS]

It has a regulator, but how do I do the hook up to the Perko battery selector?

[hsbob]

do you want to keep the batteries separated??? if so it will take another switch. let me know and i try to work the diagram.

[Carlson150XS]

one battery is hooked up to the solar battery charger and I put the Perko selector switch on ALL will both batteries get charged?

[hsbob]

to charge correctly for each battery will need a regualator eg one per battery. this way you would connect each battery directly to the regs outputs.

using the perco you have the only possible connection.

one other option is to use a double throw single pole switch. this would direct the reg out put to one battery, then throw the switch for the other.

[Carlson150XS]

Thanks for your help!

[boater454]

I leave a regulated solar charger hooked to the terminals in one battery and the switch set to "both" for about 4 months at a time and it did great last winter. Kept both batteries charged. Hope this helps