3 bank charger?

[mrex]

I am confused just purchased a 36 volt trolling motor got it hooked up and everything is working correctly. Also just purchased a 3 bank charger read directions and looked up a few sites on internet.

Appears I just hook up positive to positive and neg to neg on the 3 wires coming off of charger to batterys.

I do not understand how it seperates the batterys voltage since they are connected togather. Have not turned anything on yet do not want to fry everything. Am I missing something or is this as simple as I do not understand how charger works seems to me the 36 volts would fry a 12 volt charger if wires are still hooked up.

[PaulMyers]

It is 3 seperate 12v chargers in 1 case. The TM gets 36 volts because of the way the batteries are connected together.

What charger did you get?

[mrex]

Why wouldent the charger see 36 volts too?

I purchased a Minn Kota 315D

[redaddiction]

It's only 36 volts when you connect to the positive from the first battery and the negative from the 3rd battery. When you connect to the positive and negative on one single battery, it's still 12 volts.

[mrex]

So its safe to turn on charger? Just did not make sense to me to hook all of them up pos to pos and neg to neg but this is the first experince I have had with a 36 volt.

Thanks for replys

[PaulMyers]

You're good to go!

[Tightline11]

Originally Posted by mrex

Why wouldent the charger see 36 volts too?

I purchased a Minn Kota 315D

I have the same charger and hooked it up the way the directions said and it has been good to go.

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by PaulMyers

You're good to go!

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