Installed the Minn Kota MK 440D battery charger this week. Minn Kota list the "recovery time" as 4-6 hours. Took about 14 hours to charge batteries from absolutely, stone cold, bonefied "dead" condition. Minn Kota Maximizer showed fully charged. Got to lake and Maximixer showed nothing. No light at all. Trolled 6 1/2 hours in hurricane conditions before batteries died. I'm talking 10 on the wind pucker factor scale. Plugged the charger in at 5 PM yesterday, at 7 AM this morning the charger is in absorption mode; which is the last 25% of charging cycle.
Now the questions:
Is 14 hours to charge normal? If it is, that's not gonna work.
What's up with the Maximizer?
Is 6 1/2 hours trolling time normal? I'm gonna estimate 9 hours in normal conditions. But I hoped longer.
If all this is normal I better be researching a trolling plate for a 90 HP Yammy.