58 Evinrude 35 Lark Charging Issue

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July 10, 2020 at 8:54 pm #208294
Gary Richey
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Today was a big day. Thanks to some very helpful advice from the forum, the motor ran today for the first time in 50 years and seems to run good. A new problem surfaced though in that a voltage measure shows the same voltage at the battery when running as it does when not running (12.6 V). That tells me the battery is not getting charged. Any thoughts or suggested on this? Thanks

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July 10, 2020 at 10:35 pm #208296
frankr
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Does your motor have the accessory belt-driven generator?
July 11, 2020 at 8:50 am #208310
Gary Richey
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It does not and I did not know one was an option.
July 11, 2020 at 9:02 am #208311
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Gary, sounds like you just answered your own question.
Just be sure you occasionally charge your battery and
check voltage before venturing out on the lake.

Prepare to be boarded!
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July 11, 2020 at 9:10 am #208312
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It doesn’t take much juice to start that motor so unless you have a lot of accessories, you won’t need charge very often. I connected a solar trickle charger on my pontoon battery and never had to manually charge all summer. My motor was a 1957 Lark.
July 11, 2020 at 9:26 am #208313
Gary Richey
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Well, that sounds like an easy fix, thanks
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