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On Oct 30, 9:52*am, Gene wrote:
On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:46:21 -0400, Secular Humouresque

wrote:
On 10/30/10 10:39 AM, Gene wrote:
On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 06:17:14 -0700 (PDT), lj
*wrote:

On Oct 30, 8:51 am, *wrote:
On Oct 29, 8:05 pm, Secular *wrote:

On 10/29/10 7:42 PM, I am Tosk wrote:

In ,
says...

I know the season is ending.

What do you do with your boat(s) over the winter if you are not in the
southern climes?

I store my old classic in a shed. My newer boat spends the winter on the
hard in a nearby boatyard, in a cradle the previous owner had built for
her. The cradle has an A-frame that can be erected to support a couple
of tarps.

The old boat has a simple inboard marine engine that's easy enough to
service. The newer boat has a pair of diesels that i have an outside
contractor service. I take the batteries home.

How do you store the batteries in the winter, do you manage them during
the time off?

I clean the batteries when I get them home, put a bit of grease on the
lugs, charge them up slowly, and then charge them up once a month to
keep them fully charged.

Hopefully NOT sitting on concrete. I put plywood under mine.- Hide quoted text -

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The batteries and concrete thing is an urban legend.

Actually, it isn't... It is, however, obsolete information. Decades
ago, when battery cases were made of asphaltic substances, you could
drain a battery by leaving it on a wet surface, concrete or otherwise.

Today, with plastic cases, it is not an issue....

I like to take 'em home to clean 'em up, slow charge them and keep them
reasonably warm over the winter. I put a slow trickle charge on once a
month, and also a charge on 'em just before I return to the boat.

I have a permanent mount multi bank charger in the boat and keep it
plugged in at the yard, so I don't remove the boat batteries. However
I've had good luck with these little guys on other things like the
motorcycle.....

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...2201_200332201

I think they really will desulfate a sick battery....

--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
*-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

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