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01-21-2004, 10:03 AM
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Finally
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: FL
Posts: 7,181
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Batteries
What do you guys do with your boat batteries in the winter? I usually take them out of the boat and put them in my shed and charge them every now and then all winter. This year I was lazy and left them in the boat and haven't charged them yet. I hope they live.
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01-21-2004, 10:23 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Quincy
Posts: 4,145
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Mine are huge and really heavy, so I leave them in and once a month I plug in my onboard trickle charger for a couple of days.
Ready to go in the spring.
You gotta keep them charged, if not the Neg plates start to rot.
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01-21-2004, 11:32 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 20
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I have always pulled mine out and put them in the cellar. A local dealer said I shouldn't have to do that. He maintains/stores about 100 boats over the winter in his yard. He said he just disconnects the positive cable and leaves them in the boat for the winter.
But then again, he is in the business of selling stuff like new batteries.
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01-21-2004, 02:01 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
Posts: 5,659
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I just leave them where they sit and disconnect the cables. Never had a problem.
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01-21-2004, 04:55 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: OUTDOORS/ Fairhaven,Ma.
Posts: 1,989
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They stay in the boat and always have. I do charge them now and then. Also shut them of at the switch. Guess I should that the pos. lead off but never have.
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21' striper D/C Yamaha 150 HPDI named PLAIN JANE
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01-21-2004, 04:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Cranberry Coast Gateway 2 Cape Cod
Posts: 4,143
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both of em are in the garage.. We have not charged them?? should we?
Jr Link
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01-21-2004, 06:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 305
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I had 2 batteries freeze and split last winter. This year I have been charging them once a month.
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01-21-2004, 08:01 PM
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Fishing Chauffeur
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: raynham mass
Posts: 2,227
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in the cellar
on wood the concrete floor will drain it quicker or so im told so I put it on wood and run the charge once a month
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01-21-2004, 09:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
Posts: 3,228
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Batteries should be charged about once/month. I fthey are allowed to discharge the acid breaks down and turns to water. Then they freeze and split the casing. Batteries that are fairly new will survive the winter generally. It's after they get a couple years old that they will degrade faster. Extreme cold temps like we've seen this year can also do them in.
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The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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01-22-2004, 09:08 AM
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zoom
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Quincy
Posts: 4,145
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I believe what Bigbo said is true....
A dead battery can freeze.
Keep em' charged.
Plus the $$$ for marine batteries is insane, (especially these big ones my engine requires) so I'm making sure they last..
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Things done at the last possible minute are done with the greatest possible information. Procrastination is, therefore, the most efficient means of doing things.
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01-22-2004, 02:13 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
Posts: 5,659
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If they are fully charged and you disconnect the cables they will stay fully charged all winter, no worries about freezing.
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01-22-2004, 02:33 PM
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Plug Builder in Training
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: wareham MA
Posts: 4,046
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If you disconnect the positive side of the battery first on newer Suzuki OB it will ruin the computer in the motor. Read your manual You must remove the - first.  |
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