Charging while discharging???

[slimeyslab]

I am installing a 14 gal. bait tank in my boat. I am going to add a seperate battery to run the aireator pump. Will it hurt to run the pump while I am charging the battery at night?

[Shellback]

I would think it depends on the amp draw of the pump, verses the amp output of the charger.

[yikess]

I do it all the time with no problems.

[wannabe fisherman]

I would think it depends on the amp draw of the pump, verses the amp output of the charger.

x2 if you're drawing 1 amp and charging 5 amps then 4 would be going into the battery and 1 would cover the draw. JMO

[slimeyslab]

Thanks for the responses. I am gonna give it a try.

[ab824]

I know that I have been charging my battery with my depthfinder on for two days. Didn't know it till last night, it had the whole barn lit up.

[CatFan]

There are issues to doing that. Keep a very close eye on your battery water level. The draw from the pump will cause your charger to think the battery needs charging, so it charges at a higher rate. This can boil the battery.

[Good Stuff]

There are issues to doing that. Keep a very close eye on your battery water level. The draw from the pump will cause your charger to think the battery needs charging, so it charges at a higher rate. This can boil the battery.

That makes good since.

[Fisherman_Wantabe]

There are issues to doing that. Keep a very close eye on your battery water level. The draw from the pump will cause your charger to think the battery needs charging, so it charges at a higher rate. This can boil the battery.

X2 I killed a battery that way

[jaxsprat]

I am installing a 14 gal. bait tank in my boat. I am going to add a seperate battery to run the aireator pump. Will it hurt to run the pump while I am charging the battery at night?

You could go to wally world & for $5.00 or so buy a 120volt aerator for a fish tank and run that while battery is on charge. Could save big bucks so U don't boil battery.