Trolling Battery

[Bill Babler]

Joe that is a great point. I usually run my 10 amper and it will fill the batteries to 15.5 amps, over night. On a morning off where I can switch. I unplug the boat charger, let them sit about 30 minutes and hit them with the 50 amper starter charge till it shuts off. It will run them up to a charge of 17.5 and then turn off, calling it a full charge. Takes about 20 minutes per battery.

I usually trade them in at 24 months and have done very well with this. Lane Shumaker advised me on the charging procedure.

I buy all my tires and batteries for every vehicle we own there. They are just swell country folks that support our community and I will do business local everytime, where possible.

[CaptainJoe]

I need to adopt your 24-month battery replacement policy. After 24-months, you are beginning to take a gamble.

I thought my starting battery went last week, when I went to Fred Ulrich at Ulrich Marine (another good local). We found that I blew the starter. Then, while replacing the starter, we noticed the pinon gear starting to come out of the side of my lower unit. I was sure happy that I was still under warranty. Instead of buying new batteries at that time, I decided to purchase the extended warranty on my motor when Fred told me the price (around $4K) of a new lower unit.

As you can see from my list of sponsor's below, I use Lakeside Tire & Wheel on Mount Branson for fantastic tire, brake, and wheel repair. They came highly recommended by Rich Deppe at Elite Automotive in Branson, who is also my sponsor and mechanic, who can fix and restore anything. The local talent, friendship, and eagerness to create partnerships is so great in this area.

[BlueWave]

Is anyone using an onboard charger on their solar powered dock?? Mine will not work but I have been told I need to intall a "full sine wave" inverter. After the sticker price shock I went ahead and put it on order along with additional storage batteries. I was hoping someone else has been down this road and can confirm I am on the right track. Thanks