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<blockquote data-quote="bassboy1" data-source="post: 19667" data-attributes="member: 55"><p>I would shy away from the powerdrive/autopilot series. I absolutely hate it. The stow, and deploy is stupid, the steering is slow, and I don't even know about the autopilots. I just had a behated powerdrive.</p><p></p><p>As far as your alternator doing the job, that all depends. Most older and many newer outboards don't need the battery for running. You could start it, then pull the leads, and it could care less, as the battery is only used for the starter. If you do a lot of long runs, it will probably keep it charged, but if you run nav. lights, and sonars and all, it will need charging, as would it if you did short hops between starts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bassboy1, post: 19667, member: 55"] I would shy away from the powerdrive/autopilot series. I absolutely hate it. The stow, and deploy is stupid, the steering is slow, and I don't even know about the autopilots. I just had a behated powerdrive. As far as your alternator doing the job, that all depends. Most older and many newer outboards don't need the battery for running. You could start it, then pull the leads, and it could care less, as the battery is only used for the starter. If you do a lot of long runs, it will probably keep it charged, but if you run nav. lights, and sonars and all, it will need charging, as would it if you did short hops between starts. [/QUOTE]
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