10-20-2004, 02:12 PM
sounds to me like you bought a regular car battery instead of a deep cell marene battery. the price you paid is a dead giveaway.
car batteries need to be charged on a regular scedual inorder to keep a charge. they should always be placed back on the charger after every use.
one thing you can try to do is take a car radio or light and hook it to the battery to compleatly drain the battery. emediatly after you recharge the battery hook it back up and drain the battery again. this may help to retrain the battery to hold a charge.
you should do this with any rechargable battery when you get them new...
marene batteries should be able to take long periods of non use. they do here in michigan, they even sit out in the freezing winter temps only to take a charge again in the spring.
many of the larger boat motors have generators in them to keep the battery charging while in use. unfortunatly the smaller ones 20 horse and under do not have generators so it is most important to place them on the charger when back in port...
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car batteries need to be charged on a regular scedual inorder to keep a charge. they should always be placed back on the charger after every use.
one thing you can try to do is take a car radio or light and hook it to the battery to compleatly drain the battery. emediatly after you recharge the battery hook it back up and drain the battery again. this may help to retrain the battery to hold a charge.
you should do this with any rechargable battery when you get them new...
marene batteries should be able to take long periods of non use. they do here in michigan, they even sit out in the freezing winter temps only to take a charge again in the spring.
many of the larger boat motors have generators in them to keep the battery charging while in use. unfortunatly the smaller ones 20 horse and under do not have generators so it is most important to place them on the charger when back in port...
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