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My deep cycle battery is shot......
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. ??? Dang, if you paid $150 for a gr-27 battery and box, then you're either getting a Rolls (ok, maybe Surrette) battery or you're getting ripped off. 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). That sounds pretty cool. But don't feel bad, I just forked over ~ $4k for a bow thruster, which I will have to put in myself... approx a $10k job if you hire somebody else. BOAT: A hole in the water you throw money into............how true that is. ;-) Well, at least you get something good for the price. Fair Skies Doug King |
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