On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 00:09:13 GMT, "tony thomas"
wrote:

Some will say you should change them every so many years as preventive
maintenance since you don't want a dead battery when you are out on the
water.
Others will say replace when they go bad.
If I have multiple batteries I replace when bad. Very rare that both would
go out at the same time.
Batteries, if cared for properly, will last a long time.
I would wait until spring and see how they work. Go ahead and get them and
keep them charged over the winter. Go from there.

Sounds like a good idea to me. I sure wouldn't buy batteries now, just
to keep them charged all winter. But I may keep the old batteries on
the charger just to see what happens in the spring.

Thanks.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes