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

"crystal11509" wrote in message
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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


Where's the boat docked? Your property? Marina? How long would you hope to
cruise (in hours) on any given day? Which model motor? Have you been to the
mfr's site to look at their estimates for running time with certain
batteries?

"crystal11509" wrote in message
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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


AGM technology is what you want. Almost no self discharge and a faster
recharge among other advantages over a traditional flooded cell battery. I
like these:

http://www.lifelinebatteries.com/marine.php

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

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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
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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
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"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
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"Gudmundur" wrote in message
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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.

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

Add at least 1 more battery, and add an on-board charger, Get a long, heavy
duty extension cord (12 ga) with a GFI safety circuit. I would plug the cord
into a GFI protected outlet as well, to be extra sure.

You could also bury 1" plastic conduit and run 12 ga wire out to your dock
for a GFI outlet.



"crystal11509" wrote in message
oups.com...
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