On May 14, 11:54*am, Vic Smith
wrote:
On Wed, 13 May 2009 21:24:13 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:





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've got a '93 Grand Am and a '90 Corsica with parasitic draws.
The Corsica has be started at least every couple weeks to charge
up, and the Grand Am is good for at least a month.
Not a big enough deal for me to find out what's wrong.

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Usually, nothing is wrong. Modern cars with computers have a small
draw for things like the stereo, electric seat memory, clock,
computer, etc.

On Thu, 14 May 2009 10:31:55 -0700 (PDT), wrote:



Usually, nothing is wrong. Modern cars with computers have a small
draw for things like the stereo, electric seat memory, clock,
computer, etc.

Probably the case with the Grand Am, but the Corsica is bare bones and
loses the juice too fast.
Besides, it loses it much faster when it's been wet outside.
Maybe I'll put a meter on it and start pulling fuses when I get the
gumption.

--Vic