Our 22 does not have a shore power system or on board charger installed, but the dock we're going to be mooring at starting next week does have power.
My charger is a Schumacher Ship-N-Shore type that does staged charging, trickle charging, but I'm guessing I'd want something more specific to maintaining a battery that I could leave hooked up in the lazarette (I have an ACR so I only need one).
So can I just get a 30A extension cord, run it from the dock into the lazarette (from the gunnel compartment, not through the hatch), then use an adapter to power a trickle charger?
Second, I would like to install a backup bilge pump. I already have 2 RuleMate 1100s with float switches. I was thinking I will install the second one next to the first between the gas tanks, but raised up a bit so it would only come on if the primary failed or couldn't keep up. I'm not sure if I'd hook the higher one up to the override switch at the helm.
Of course, to help keep the water out at the marina, we could also put the boat cover on when we're not going to use it for a while...
My charger is a Schumacher Ship-N-Shore type that does staged charging, trickle charging, but I'm guessing I'd want something more specific to maintaining a battery that I could leave hooked up in the lazarette (I have an ACR so I only need one).
So can I just get a 30A extension cord, run it from the dock into the lazarette (from the gunnel compartment, not through the hatch), then use an adapter to power a trickle charger?
Second, I would like to install a backup bilge pump. I already have 2 RuleMate 1100s with float switches. I was thinking I will install the second one next to the first between the gas tanks, but raised up a bit so it would only come on if the primary failed or couldn't keep up. I'm not sure if I'd hook the higher one up to the override switch at the helm.
Of course, to help keep the water out at the marina, we could also put the boat cover on when we're not going to use it for a while...