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My deep cycle battery is shot......
JimH wrote: "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... JimH wrote: The beat goes on. After trickle charging it for 24 hours @ 2A and letting it sit another 24 hours I tested it and get a reading of 11.6 volts.........not good. OK........time to get a new one, but this time upsizing to Group 27. Another $150 (including holding bracket/box) goes to the boat expenses for 2006 and the darn thing is not in the water yet. I have spent over $900 so far this season (helm seat, helm seat pedestal and slide, A/B battery switch with field disconnect, Group 24 starting battery, ski mirror, epoxy barrier coat, Ipod, vinyl seat repairs)........with another $700 to spend on bottom paint, electrical wiring and fittings, ss hardware for securing the seat pedestal, new carpeting and a bimini. This does not include labor as I am doing all the work! ;-) Looking back I guess this is not too bad as I originally planned to spend about a $1,100 for these upgrades/improvements. I forgot to add in the epoxy barrier coat and bottom paint....so I guess having to replace the deep cycle battery is not that bad of a bite. Bottom line........after spending $1,600 this spring (with my labor) for the improvements I will now have more room in the cockpit, tearing out the helm seat/ice box/water faucet contraption and replacing it with a new helm seat (on adjustable pedestal with 360 degree swivel and 7" front to rear slide). I will also have a new Sunbrella bimini replacing the 4 foot deep convertible cover (that snapped at the windshield frame), new carpeting (I hated that red), 2 batteries on switch, a bottom with barrier coat and bottom paint, seating with no tears or rips and over 1,600 tunes to be able to play on my old stereo thanks to Ipod. ;-) After these upgrades/improvements are completed and the boat is in the water I will be building a dockbox (our old one was too tall for the new marina we are at) and picnic table (I gave our old one away when we stopped boating in 2004) for our new dock area. Add another $150 in lumber/hardware materials to my expense list, again not including my labor. Boating...........what a deal! ;-) BOAT: A hole in the water you throw money into............how true that is. ;-) Here's a secret: You can't take it with you. Once you have provided for a secure retirement, set aside money to educate or finished educating the kids, used some of it to relieve the social injustice of your choice, and made sure that aging parents have enough to get by in a secure and comfortable lifestyle it's time to spend the rest on whatever you'd like. Boating is a great choice. I agree to a point Chuck. Our retirement has been well planned (financially) and is secure. The kids education (my daughter will be a senior at OSU next year and my son a freshman in college) is being paid off year by year. Our parents are all deceased. I would, however, like to leave a nice chunk of change to my kids while still enjoying life and the money we have saved and invested. There is a balance. ;-) Jim, do you have a Batteries + (plus sign!) in your area? I've had very good luck with the deep cycle batteries they sell, and the prices are good, too. Thanks! The name does not sound familiar but I will check. Thanks for the heads up! Jim, here's the website with a store finder: http://www.batteriesplus.com/ |
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My deep cycle battery is shot......
"basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... JimH wrote: "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... JimH wrote: The beat goes on. After trickle charging it for 24 hours @ 2A and letting it sit another 24 hours I tested it and get a reading of 11.6 volts.........not good. OK........time to get a new one, but this time upsizing to Group 27. Another $150 (including holding bracket/box) goes to the boat expenses for 2006 and the darn thing is not in the water yet. I have spent over $900 so far this season (helm seat, helm seat pedestal and slide, A/B battery switch with field disconnect, Group 24 starting battery, ski mirror, epoxy barrier coat, Ipod, vinyl seat repairs)........with another $700 to spend on bottom paint, electrical wiring and fittings, ss hardware for securing the seat pedestal, new carpeting and a bimini. This does not include labor as I am doing all the work! ;-) Looking back I guess this is not too bad as I originally planned to spend about a $1,100 for these upgrades/improvements. I forgot to add in the epoxy barrier coat and bottom paint....so I guess having to replace the deep cycle battery is not that bad of a bite. Bottom line........after spending $1,600 this spring (with my labor) for the improvements I will now have more room in the cockpit, tearing out the helm seat/ice box/water faucet contraption and replacing it with a new helm seat (on adjustable pedestal with 360 degree swivel and 7" front to rear slide). I will also have a new Sunbrella bimini replacing the 4 foot deep convertible cover (that snapped at the windshield frame), new carpeting (I hated that red), 2 batteries on switch, a bottom with barrier coat and bottom paint, seating with no tears or rips and over 1,600 tunes to be able to play on my old stereo thanks to Ipod. ;-) After these upgrades/improvements are completed and the boat is in the water I will be building a dockbox (our old one was too tall for the new marina we are at) and picnic table (I gave our old one away when we stopped boating in 2004) for our new dock area. Add another $150 in lumber/hardware materials to my expense list, again not including my labor. Boating...........what a deal! ;-) BOAT: A hole in the water you throw money into............how true that is. ;-) Here's a secret: You can't take it with you. Once you have provided for a secure retirement, set aside money to educate or finished educating the kids, used some of it to relieve the social injustice of your choice, and made sure that aging parents have enough to get by in a secure and comfortable lifestyle it's time to spend the rest on whatever you'd like. Boating is a great choice. I agree to a point Chuck. Our retirement has been well planned (financially) and is secure. The kids education (my daughter will be a senior at OSU next year and my son a freshman in college) is being paid off year by year. Our parents are all deceased. I would, however, like to leave a nice chunk of change to my kids while still enjoying life and the money we have saved and invested. There is a balance. ;-) Jim, do you have a Batteries + (plus sign!) in your area? I've had very good luck with the deep cycle batteries they sell, and the prices are good, too. Thanks! The name does not sound familiar but I will check. Thanks for the heads up! Jim, here's the website with a store finder: http://www.batteriesplus.com/ There is a store about 25 miles from my house but I am near the area quite often on business. Group 27 deep cycle is $70.....not a bad price. I don't know the specs though as the site does not detail them. I will check them out next week. Thanks for the heads up! |
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My deep cycle battery is shot......
JimH wrote: "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... JimH wrote: "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... JimH wrote: wrote in message oups.com... JimH wrote: The beat goes on. After trickle charging it for 24 hours @ 2A and letting it sit another 24 hours I tested it and get a reading of 11.6 volts.........not good. OK........time to get a new one, but this time upsizing to Group 27. Another $150 (including holding bracket/box) goes to the boat expenses for 2006 and the darn thing is not in the water yet. I have spent over $900 so far this season (helm seat, helm seat pedestal and slide, A/B battery switch with field disconnect, Group 24 starting battery, ski mirror, epoxy barrier coat, Ipod, vinyl seat repairs)........with another $700 to spend on bottom paint, electrical wiring and fittings, ss hardware for securing the seat pedestal, new carpeting and a bimini. This does not include labor as I am doing all the work! ;-) Looking back I guess this is not too bad as I originally planned to spend about a $1,100 for these upgrades/improvements. I forgot to add in the epoxy barrier coat and bottom paint....so I guess having to replace the deep cycle battery is not that bad of a bite. Bottom line........after spending $1,600 this spring (with my labor) for the improvements I will now have more room in the cockpit, tearing out the helm seat/ice box/water faucet contraption and replacing it with a new helm seat (on adjustable pedestal with 360 degree swivel and 7" front to rear slide). I will also have a new Sunbrella bimini replacing the 4 foot deep convertible cover (that snapped at the windshield frame), new carpeting (I hated that red), 2 batteries on switch, a bottom with barrier coat and bottom paint, seating with no tears or rips and over 1,600 tunes to be able to play on my old stereo thanks to Ipod. ;-) After these upgrades/improvements are completed and the boat is in the water I will be building a dockbox (our old one was too tall for the new marina we are at) and picnic table (I gave our old one away when we stopped boating in 2004) for our new dock area. Add another $150 in lumber/hardware materials to my expense list, again not including my labor. Boating...........what a deal! ;-) BOAT: A hole in the water you throw money into............how true that is. ;-) Here's a secret: You can't take it with you. Once you have provided for a secure retirement, set aside money to educate or finished educating the kids, used some of it to relieve the social injustice of your choice, and made sure that aging parents have enough to get by in a secure and comfortable lifestyle it's time to spend the rest on whatever you'd like. Boating is a great choice. I agree to a point Chuck. Our retirement has been well planned (financially) and is secure. The kids education (my daughter will be a senior at OSU next year and my son a freshman in college) is being paid off year by year. Our parents are all deceased. I would, however, like to leave a nice chunk of change to my kids while still enjoying life and the money we have saved and invested. There is a balance. ;-) Jim, do you have a Batteries + (plus sign!) in your area? I've had very good luck with the deep cycle batteries they sell, and the prices are good, too. Thanks! The name does not sound familiar but I will check. Thanks for the heads up! Jim, here's the website with a store finder: http://www.batteriesplus.com/ There is a store about 25 miles from my house but I am near the area quite often on business. Group 27 deep cycle is $70.....not a bad price. I don't know the specs though as the site does not detail them. I will check them out next week. Thanks for the heads up! I really like there batteries. My lawn tractor has a habit of destroying batteries, I think it overcharges them, and about any battery was only good for a season or a little more. I got two seasons on the Batteries Plus one, and I charged it up a month ago, it's working fine. |
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