Dual Battery Upgrade - 22SSBXP

[Smitty76]

Hey all,
New to forum with my purchase of a 2017 Benny. Love the boat and quality. Already adding a 2nd battery with a blue sea ACR (mini). When finished, adding a sub and amp along with a on board battery charger. My question is the grounding of the ACR. I have the current ground from my starting battery going to the motor block. I have not found any other grounding block or bus bar for anything else. Is this enough ground? Can I use this ground from the motor to add a bus bar near my batteries and reattach the ground to battery? Any advice or reassurance would be greatly appreciated.

 

[kaydano]

There's a lot of current in the starting circuit, so I wouldn't mess with the motor ground. My charging relay ground goes to one of the batteries, and both batteries are grounded together.

 

[Smitty76]

Thanks for the info, it seems the motor is the boat ground, but i'm no expert by no means.

 

[BulldogsCadillac]

Negative terminal on your battery is your boat ground. I used the factory distribution panel



Which I suppose is a bus bar. Your motor is grounded to the battery, not vice versa.

 

[Smitty76]

Thanks for the info, i just used the battery ground.