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Rosalie B.

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Winter battery removal

Jan wrote:

On 8 Nov 2005 20:14:50 -0800, wrote:

Popular widsom has it that the batteries should be removed from the
boat before winteer storage. The boat will be stored outside, here in
Montreal,.

Question is, why can the batteries not be left in the boat if they are
fully charged before the winter and charged again in the spring?

I give the batteries a full charge at haul-out, dis-connect the ground wire on
the first battery then give a boost each month throughout the winter. Gives me
a good excuse to go to the boat and play for a while as the batteries are
charging. As I live in an apartment, removing the batteries is out of the
question. The solar panel idea seems interesting though.

Jan
"If you can't take a joke,you shouldn't have joined"

I've seen that they have solar panels for car batteries for the same
purpose. Bob has the panels fixed so that if the batteries are
charged (which they often are), the excess energy runs some little
fans in the two cabins which also keeps them aired out to some extent.

grandma Rosalie

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