winter battery storage

[macojoe]

There are a lot of different answers to this question depending who you ask!

I remove and put in my basement on a block of wood. I check the water and fill if nessary. Then I give it a good charge. After that I just leave the sitting, part way thur the winter I will ck to see if they are holding a charge, and maybe put a light trickle charge on them. Most times I do nothing.

One thing is for sure don't leave in the boat! There are lots of storys of frozen batterys that have split open in the boat over the winter.

[striperman36]

As Macojoe says

[eastendlu]

I made a trickle charger thats 1 amp and use it on all batteries not in use in the winter (lawn tractor 2 marine batts.) works great and never have to worry about it.