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I've thought about doing that, but instead put a good charge on them, pull them out of the boat, and set them on some wood in the garage. If you leave the charger attached, you'll still need to check them and the water level in them occasionally. I don't leave mine in the boat over the winter because I cover/wrap the boat real tight with a huge tarp, and getting everything untied to check batteries in cold weather is more than I'm willing to mess with. Now I have two boats to cover and two sets of batts to contend with 


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as long as you have a smart charger you will be fine leaving them in the boat. Never use a trickle charger as it supplies a constant low amp charge
that can kill a battery.
just be sure to clean all your connections and tighten them before putting the boat away.
Wayne
that can kill a battery.
just be sure to clean all your connections and tighten them before putting the boat away.
Wayne
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BTW Waterwings.....
just some trivia for you....
The old thing about "setting a battery on concrete will cause it to discharge", has no real bearing whatsoever. This started WAY back in the day, when the first automotive batteries actually had some glass components in them. Even these would not discharge if you "gently" set them on concrete, but if you sat them down a bit too hard, the glass would break and completely waste the battery.
Funny thing is, I still set my batteries on a piece of wood, because I had one leak a little bit of battery acid (out of the top, but down the sides) and etch the concrete in the garage. Really teed off the landlord. Doh !
Peace,
Fish
The old thing about "setting a battery on concrete will cause it to discharge", has no real bearing whatsoever. This started WAY back in the day, when the first automotive batteries actually had some glass components in them. Even these would not discharge if you "gently" set them on concrete, but if you sat them down a bit too hard, the glass would break and completely waste the battery.
Funny thing is, I still set my batteries on a piece of wood, because I had one leak a little bit of battery acid (out of the top, but down the sides) and etch the concrete in the garage. Really teed off the landlord. Doh !

Peace,
Fish
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redbug wrote:as long as you have a smart charger you will be fine leaving them in the boat. Never use a trickle charger as it supplies a constant low amp charge
that can kill a battery.
just be sure to clean all your connections and tighten them before putting the boat away.
Wayne
really, so Battery Tender=no good?
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Boat, trailer, and motor are in great shape, but we're selling it because we just don't take the time to tow it the 70-80 miles one-way to Ky Lake/Lake Barkley anymore. All of our local waters here are electric only, so that's why we now have the Lowe jon boat with 2 tm's only.shamoo wrote:Mr. Waterwings, thank you for the information. If you dont mind me asking, why you selling the Tracker?
