"DSK" wrote in message
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Also, you don't mention it but are you putting in a hard wired charger?
Definitely get & use a 3-stage smart charger no matter how you rig it.

On such a smally boat with such low electrical draw and only weekend
use do I really need/want a charger? Won't my generator take care of
charging up the batteries?

Other question: I do have a good home based battery charger. It has
both a full charge & trickle charge setting. But I see that trickly charging
all winter is going to kill the battery. So are my choices are basically as
follows ??

A: Charge it when taking it out, then leave it all winter
B: Go to the shop every 2 or 4 weeks and charge it for a while
C: Buy a "smart" or "float" charger and leave that running


And is it really OK to leave a smart charger running and connected to
a battery for weeks at a time without checking on it? The thought
of that just makes me a little nervous.