"Jere Lull" wrote
Missed that part, but there's not much charging going to happen. Even
the 10 HP outboards rarely put out enough to make much difference, and I
believe you said 4 HP.

I have a small boat that will operate in the very protected waters of the
Kanawha River and the only electrical load onboard at this time is the
lights. I'm just looking to put back what they take out, three lamps at
about 600mA apiece. I figure that all of my after dark time will be spent on
motor power, so if I can get a couple of amps out of the outboard, which
shouldn't take more than about a quarter HP, I can reduce or eliminate the
need for external recharging, and/or maybe go to a smaller and lighter
battery.