battery ?

[fishinpox]

has anyone ever heard that you are supposed charge your tm batts. with a 10 amp conventional charger every so often? i have a 3 bank onboard for my tm but the guy at the shop told me to buy a conventional one and use it to gain a better charge once a month . any truth to this

[Red Devil]

Try this link. There is alot of info on it and may tell you what you need to know. I just skimmed through it.

http://www.mpoweruk.com/chargers.htm

[adamsfence]

this is a good practice hitting it with a large amp charger will knock anything that is attached to the plates off......now that being said my dad owns a battery company. and none of us do this. as long as your batteries stay fully charged they will be fine. this is mainly for batteries that sit up and stay at an uncharged state which cause the acid and the water to seperate which in turn sulfates the plates

hope this helps
adam

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by Red Devil

Try this link. There is alot of info on it and may tell you what you need to know. I just skimmed through it.

http://www.mpoweruk.com/chargers.htm

Originally Posted by adamsfence

this is a good practice hitting it with a large amp charger will knock anything that is attached to the plates off......now that being said my dad owns a battery company. and none of us do this. as long as your batteries stay fully charged they will be fine. this is mainly for batteries that sit up and stay at an uncharged state which cause the acid and the water to seperate which in turn sulfates the plates

hope this helps
adam

thanks guys!

[Salty]

Originally Posted by fishinpox

thanks guys!

"Trickle" charge is BS! I blasted my batteries with a 4-bank, 60 amp charger for years and never had a problem with them.

[adamsfence]

Yes that is a myth as long as you dont overheat them which a normal charger wont ....they fine as long as it stops when fully charged u can charge them fast as u want to. we charge ours at the shop on wide open

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by Salty

"Trickle" charge is BS! I blasted my batteries with a 4-bank, 60 amp charger for years and never had a problem with them.

did you forget how to answer yer phone retired life must be reaaaaaaaaaal nice !!!! lets line up capt ben in 2 weeks or so if yer down!

[Salty]

Originally Posted by fishinpox

did you forget how to answer yer phone retired life must be reaaaaaaaaaal nice !!!! lets line up capt ben in 2 weeks or so if yer down!

Sellin' bote tomorrow. My wife is ecstatic but, me......

[Salty]

Originally Posted by fishinpox

did you forget how to answer yer phone retired life must be reaaaaaaaaaal nice !!!! lets line up capt ben in 2 weeks or so if yer down!

I had a couple of missed calls from Ben in the past couple weeks. He's probably hammerin' 'em in the Sound.

[Ray]

I have a Pro Mariner charger in by big boat. The instructions say if you cycle power on the charger for 5 mintues, it will go into a mode that will clean the plates. Not sure if my Guest charger in the bay boat does that.
Offshore, we have a PM to equalize batteries for 1 hour a week to take care of this.

[Big Kahunaz]

Good info!