** Boat on Lift Question **

[offshore]

Hey everyone this year I am storing the boat on a lift . Do you leave your onboard charger plugged in all the time? I have a three stage charger and it is on trickle 90% of the time.

Pros and cons on this would be great.....Mark

[Blue Magic]

Mark
From what I have read, the more you charge your batteries the less life you get out of them. Not to brag but mine are going on 3 years and 800 hours. With a boat like yours or mine there is no need to keep charging the batteries because you have nothing going on. No a/c running, no frig, the boat is not in the water so you don't have to worry about the bilge pumps, etc. Just shut your swithches off and you should have no problems.

[glen e]

actaully the opposite is true - the right type of charger will lengthen the life of a batt by a wide margin if hooked to your batts all the time you are not using it. A 3 stage smartchger type does not "trickle".. it floats so the batts always stay 100% charged...and that's what makes 'em last. Read more here about batt types and charging here:

good reads about agm's

Deep Cycle Battery FAQ

http://www.vonwentzel.net/Batt....html

[offshore]

Thanks guys I appreciate the information...Mark

[welder]

Kern O , how often are ya running her ?

I would think a good run once a week in your neck of the woods you would not need shore power, that is if everything is shut off.