The charger may be permanently mounted in your boat and connections to your batteries left in place. The XPS charger looks to be so similar, it would not surprise me to find Guest (or should I say Marinco) is the OEM. See diagram 7 on page 13 for this configuration.

I do have a Guest dual onboard smart charger (two banks), so had links to their products and found that they have a triple smart charger in the same series I have that can be configured the way you desire - that is 6 amps at 12V, and 6 amps at 24V.

I looked at the Bass Pro Shops web site and do see the XPS i 5/5/5 charger, but did not find links to the owners manual that would help answer your questions. I'm no expert, but I just hate to see a post go un-answered.

Ěny other recommendations would be great!.

I know there is a concern with these getting very hot and fire as well… Am I being a bit anal by going back to the dealer and having them fix it? I imagine I could just get the nuts with Teflon as to lock it, but still unclear on if it is just the wingnuts coming loose, but maybe also using the smaller post. Both in my manual and on the DVD Larson specifically states “not to use wingnuts”.

Ělso, I picked this up from the dealer with them securing the battery leads with wingnuts on the smaller post.

Can I do this with the engine compartment closed, even the trickle charging/months? I also saw they have an inlet adapter as so you can just plug an extension cord to the boat I like this idea the best…

Ventilation is supposed to be an issue but it sounds like people do this in a closed engine compartment.

Do I still need to do this with this type of charger, and if so, how do you do it without acid getting to the other components of the boat. Now I am accustomed to removing these when placing a regular charger on said batteries as so the cells can “breath”.

The batteries the boat dealer gave me are the type that require water with the removable cell covers they are not maintenance free.

Is this correct in my config just plug the charger in and leave it alone?

I understand I do not have to disconnect anything as to charge.

Does this mean I can connect it to my 12v/24v setup one to each battery without danger of damaging the others? One in particular is XPS I 5/5/5 DC SYSTEM 12/24/36 by Bass Pro Shops. I have seen the on board chargers that will automatically charge the battery when needed and or trickle charge the battery over months for maintenance. I am looking to buy a charger that will be the easiest in terms of charging as so I do not have to manually attach a portable charge. I have 3 batteries in my boat one 12 volt for the engine and components, the other two attached in series to make 24 volts for my trolling motor.

Bass pro xps battery charger manual