i i have a 225 verado on a 1900 prov my power steering is wired to one of my tmotor batts ,there is a isolator at back of boat beside power steering pump ,i know it is to charge that batt that is powering my power steering ,it is not hooked up ,any body know how to wire this isolator from the Verado to isolator to battery thanks ,tired of losing tmotor to dead batt and no power steering any help app

i i have a 225 verado on a 1900 prov my power steering is wired to one of my tmotor batts ,there is a isolator at back of boat beside power steering pump ,i know it is to charge that batt that is powering my power steering ,it is not hooked up ,any body know how to wire this isolator from the Verado to isolator to battery thanks ,tired of losing tmotor to dead batt and no power steering any help app

:) ;) Who hooked it up that way? (Lemme guess...the factory)

Actually you maybe got lucky.
Here's what we learned (the hard way, of course) to do to eliminate those problems.
We just leave the troll batteries alone. Hook the troll motor and charger as per normal... but nothing more.
Then, we add another battery in the back of the boat...and hook the kicker (and isolater) to that one. (I have mine in that floor compartment behind the fuel cell).
Now you will have enough juice to troll your kicker while using your power steering...and if you run the kicker battery down... just start the Verado... it'll charge your kicker battery up pretty darned fast.

We encouraged "the factory" to rig them this way... maybe they do by now???
I dunno?..... As you know, Chris...... I'm now an old has-been ;)

Thanks tmac , Ian Cummer from Mercury Canada helped me figure it out `,you had it dead on thanks ,i could not reach anybody from Lund and you know who did not know.

Thanks tmac , Ian Cummer from Mercury Canada helped me figure it out `,you had it dead on thanks ,i could not reach anybody from Lund and you know who did not know.



Good that you are gonna get things right.
I hear you have been nailing some dandies around "home"!

There is a bulletin service # 2008=04 related with the AGM batteries
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h307/gersly123/agmreq.jpg

Thanks Andre.

Good info!

But guys... don't get too alarmed at this.
If you call Mercury, they will explain ...this is merely a recomendation...and a recent one, at that.

Ttt

Sorry for reserecting this old thread, but for those of you with the 4 or 5 battery fix for the excessive amount of draw used by the Verado power steering, how are things working? Is the extra battery just a temporary patch that gives extra battery reserve, or is it a more permanent fix? Is there a better solution out there?

I did 4 batteries right off the git-go and have had no issues on my 2008 2010 Explorer Sport w./ 200 Verado and power steering.
I haven't heard of issues since everybody started doing enough batteries...about 2006...?