Thanks everyone for your input. You've all been very helpful. I'll
read everything suggested. Thanks again.

"crystal11509" wrote in message
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Thanks everyone for your input. You've all been very helpful. I'll
read everything suggested. Thanks again.


Of course, you could always get a hand truck or little red wagon to roll the
batteries up to the house for charging. But, you'd still need to lift them
into the wagon.

crystal11509 wrote:
Need to get a new battery for a small pontoon boat used on a small
electric only lake. The motor in a Minnekota. Was hoping to learn
about some light weight battery/batteries, or some way of not having to
carry those batteries on a regular basis to be charged. (Not aging
gracefully, and the bad backs aren't getting any better with the
years.) Appreciated any suggestions! thanks

What's about the idea of having two 6-volt batteries in serie to make
up a 12-volt system? I assume that a 6-volt battery should be lighter
than a 12-volt battery, and you may be able to handle it. I am not an
expert in this area. I am just wondering whether this idea may work
for you.

Jay Chan

In article .com,
says...

Need to get a new battery for a small pontoon boat used on a small
electric only lake. The motor in a Minnekota. Was hoping to learn
about some light weight battery/batteries, or some way of not having to
carry those batteries on a regular basis to be charged. (Not aging
gracefully, and the bad backs aren't getting any better with the
years.) Appreciated any suggestions! thanks


Personally I would go with some monster sized extra heavy duty
deep cycle trolling batteries. Leave them permanently mounted
during the normal season in good quality water shedding battery
boxes. Now you only need to move them twice a year, once to and
once from the boat and you will thank yourself for the extra
capacity. Now the hard part,,

You will want to charge the batteries while on the boat so buy
an 'intellegent charger', one that can do high rate at first, then
automatically kick back to trickle or finish charge. Find an
electrician freind and have him/her set up a nice dockside
approved outlet and ground the hell out of it at the dock location!!!
I wouldn't even carry the ground from your home. A typical
home ground/neutral can be a volt or two above REAL ground and
will cause untold electrolosys at your boat if any metal portion
of your boat is grounded to 'your house ground' and is also in the
water. Now you can run a nice 'Shore cord' made of SJO type wire
from your boat to your 'Power outlet pedastel' on shore, and fear
not, no one will be electrocuted!!

Best wishes, sorry my english is bad, I speak icelandic.

"Gudmundur" wrote in message
.. .

Find an
electrician freind and have him/her set up a nice dockside
approved outlet and ground the hell out of it at the dock location!!!
I wouldn't even carry the ground from your home. A typical
home ground/neutral can be a volt or two above REAL ground and
will cause untold electrolosys at your boat if any metal portion
of your boat is grounded to 'your house ground' and is also in the
water. Now you can run a nice 'Shore cord' made of SJO type wire
from your boat to your 'Power outlet pedastel' on shore, and fear
not, no one will be electrocuted!!

All good ideas.


Best wishes, sorry my english is bad, I speak icelandic.

You must be kidding. Our president never could have communicated the ideas
in your message. Your English is fine.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
"Gudmundur" wrote in message
.. .

Find an
electrician freind and have him/her set up a nice dockside
approved outlet and ground the hell out of it at the dock location!!!
I wouldn't even carry the ground from your home. A typical
home ground/neutral can be a volt or two above REAL ground and
will cause untold electrolosys at your boat if any metal portion
of your boat is grounded to 'your house ground' and is also in the
water. Now you can run a nice 'Shore cord' made of SJO type wire
from your boat to your 'Power outlet pedastel' on shore, and fear
not, no one will be electrocuted!!

All good ideas.


Best wishes, sorry my english is bad, I speak icelandic.

You must be kidding. Our president never could have communicated the ideas
in your message. Your English is fine.


You have not heard the latest tourism ads for Iceland. They are a language
tutorial on Icelandic. Same as English. Good advert.

Calif Bill wrote:
"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...

"Gudmundur" wrote in message
...


Find an
electrician freind and have him/her set up a nice dockside
approved outlet and ground the hell out of it at the dock location!!!
I wouldn't even carry the ground from your home. A typical
home ground/neutral can be a volt or two above REAL ground and
will cause untold electrolosys at your boat if any metal portion
of your boat is grounded to 'your house ground' and is also in the
water. Now you can run a nice 'Shore cord' made of SJO type wire
from your boat to your 'Power outlet pedastel' on shore, and fear
not, no one will be electrocuted!!

All good ideas.



Best wishes, sorry my english is bad, I speak icelandic.

You must be kidding. Our president never could have communicated the ideas
in your message. Your English is fine.



You have not heard the latest tourism ads for Iceland. They are a language
tutorial on Icelandic. Same as English. Good advert.


Icelandic Airways used to provide a regular service here until a few
years ago. It was a loss when they stopped. Icelandic women liked to
come and shop... as goods here were much cheaper than at home (our
dollar was low then) and we got to see these groups of beautiful
Icelandic women roaming around downtown & shopping malls.
They did stand out.

Calif Bill wrote:
"crystal11509" wrote in message
oups.com...

Personally, I spend as much time as possible out on the lake trolling.
The reason we usually come head back is that the battery is low. I
have tried the extension cord to the boat in the past. One day - much
to my horror - I had unexpected visitors - about five young boys who
were playing in the water, on the boat, while the charger was on.....No
one was hurt, but the episode makes me fear the extension cord idea.

Also, could you use a regular kind of extension cord, or do you need
some heavy duty cord to go that far? Thanks for any suggestions.



Install a GFI receptacle at the house. Then no fear of stray current
hurting the kids.



Good point. These are also available as a potable device that can be
plugged into any outlet. Here's just one example:

http://www.colemancable.com/CatalogP...ProductsID=189

Dan

crystal11509 wrote:

Personally, I spend as much time as possible out on the lake trolling.
The reason we usually come head back is that the battery is low. I
have tried the extension cord to the boat in the past. One day - much
to my horror - I had unexpected visitors - about five young boys who
were playing in the water, on the boat, while the charger was on.....No
one was hurt, but the episode makes me fear the extension cord idea.

Also, could you use a regular kind of extension cord, or do you need
some heavy duty cord to go that far? Thanks for any suggestions.


A 12/3 extension cord 100' long will run you $40 or so. That is enough
to get the job done. 14ga and 16ga from the local Home Depot probably
aren't enough and not worth the small savings.

Dan

"Don White" wrote in message
...
Calif Bill wrote:
"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...

"Gudmundur" wrote in message
m...


Find an
electrician freind and have him/her set up a nice dockside
approved outlet and ground the hell out of it at the dock location!!!
I wouldn't even carry the ground from your home. A typical
home ground/neutral can be a volt or two above REAL ground and
will cause untold electrolosys at your boat if any metal portion
of your boat is grounded to 'your house ground' and is also in the
water. Now you can run a nice 'Shore cord' made of SJO type wire
from your boat to your 'Power outlet pedastel' on shore, and fear
not, no one will be electrocuted!!

All good ideas.



Best wishes, sorry my english is bad, I speak icelandic.

You must be kidding. Our president never could have communicated the
ideas in your message. Your English is fine.



You have not heard the latest tourism ads for Iceland. They are a
language tutorial on Icelandic. Same as English. Good advert.
Icelandic Airways used to provide a regular service here until a few years
ago. It was a loss when they stopped. Icelandic women liked to come and
shop... as goods here were much cheaper than at home (our dollar was low
then) and we got to see these groups of beautiful Icelandic women roaming
around downtown & shopping malls.
They did stand out.

Yrs they do. Used to have a co worker from Iceland. His sister rated an 11
on a 10 scale.