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05-16-2022, 08:17 PM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 6,277
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Winter Battery Care
Looking for thoughts based on experience...
Trickle Charger OR Battery Tender
I've read some positive comments on the "Tender" ?
Looking for Pros vs. Cons?
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 ... it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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05-16-2022, 11:08 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 130
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My wife and I have had multiple vehicles for quite a while now. At one point my 02 Dakota was getting very little drive time. After the battery died a few times the guy at the local Napa recommended a small solar panel tender. Wired directly to battery and left solar panel on the dash. Never had a dead battery in that truck again. Loved it
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05-17-2022, 07:16 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
Posts: 2,264
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charge to full, shut off, leave in boat. So far so good. I'll top off in the spring before launch, but there still almost full.
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Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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05-17-2022, 08:32 AM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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Same as JFig. Just an hour or two on Battery Tender and they are topped off. But I don't sit waiting for the light to turn, so they may be hooked up for a few days or weeks... The cars in the snowbird homes I look after during winter all have battery tenders hooked up all winter. Can't overcharge them, so they say.
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05-17-2022, 11:22 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
Posts: 3,748
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I have 4 batteries on board, all stay there for the winter, pugged into an onboard Pro Mariner smart charger..I do the same with My 4 wheeler that only sees action during hunting and ice fishing season.
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A good run is better than a bad stand!
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05-17-2022, 02:34 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Somerset MA
Posts: 9,370
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I have the same batteries in the boat since 2014 never taken out have a charger in the boat . But only use in the summertime before a trip to be safe
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05-17-2022, 03:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Marshfield, MA
Posts: 1,748
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wdmso
I have the same batteries in the boat since 2014 never taken out have a charger in the boat . But only use in the summertime before a trip to be safe
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I’d say you got the better end of that deal
I’d think about renewing those
Unless of course you have a load tester and they show good but 8 years is impressive
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Jon, 24' Nauset-Green Topsides, Beamie, North River. Channel 68/69. MSBA, NIBA
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