On May 13, 2:24*pm, "BetaB4" wrote:
I have a battery charger for charging the 12-volt boat battery. *The charger
has two settings -- 2 amps or 6 amps.

My question is, if I have the charger set at 2 amps, how long is it okay for
me to leave the charger on? *My boat is in a garage at a location that I
usually only get to about once a week or so. *Is it okay if the charger is
left on at the 2-amp setting for say, a week?

My question is this. Why do you feel you need a battery charger on the
boat? If the charging system is good and there is no electrical draw
(leakage) your boat battery should stay up for the whole summer. My
daughter has been in college all year and her 2003 Pontiac GrandAm has
sat for literally three months at a time, and has always started like
new.

I have two boats. both are mercruisers with Delco alternators. I pull
the batteries out for witer storage and will take them in the house
where they stay at a 68 degree (+/-) for the winter. Well, I may take
an older one and put it in my tractor to blade snow in the winter,
but....

In the spring I put them on a charger for a couple hours then install
them in the boats and that's all. when I park the boat[s] I make sure
everything is shut off and the batteries stay up all season.