On Jan 2, 2:21*pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message

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"Boater" wrote in message
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I keep my Parker batteries on the lower shelf of my garage workbench in
the winter. Every month, I hook them up to my auto shut-off charger on
its low amp setting and top them up. I got five years out of a pair of
batteries on the first Yo Ho that way, and they were still good when I
sold that boat.

I don't think I'd consider 5 year old batteries in a boat to be in good
shape regardless of how
well they were cared for. *Don't like surprises.

Eisboch

Agree completely. *Wife's car was slow starting. *Was going to get the
battery tested and when *I looked at the battery was 6 years old. *Surprized
me that it lasted that long. *Got a replacement battery and engine starts
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I don't know what has changed, but used to be, a battery would slowly
go bad. My recent experiences were that the battery would go bad all
of a sudden. Three times, two in my Jeep, and one in my boat. Jeep
started perfect, drove to the office, went to leave, and nothing.
Interior light wouldn't even come on. Happened a few years later, same
vehicle. Boat battery, went out, battery dead. Charged overnight,
still dead.