10-09-2005, 01:34 PM
Hey smallmouth89,
Don't ya just love those things. Even inspite of the let down of my own delusions of my imagined assurity and certain knowledge of what was beneath the surface of the waters that I had fished before, I was in awe of the real picture my first fishfinder painted of the reality of what was really there. It also freed up a lot of fishing time in some newly discovered unproductive past efforts. However, it alone didn't improve my catching much.
I use a 500 mA motorcycle battery charger to refresh my SLAs. I don't know for sure, but, I imagine a 1000 mA charger would do just as well. I don't know the effect of over charging one is, but, I think you would be able to find out if it is detrimental to the battery or even possible to overcharge it. There are some folks on the board that might know such things.
In my experience, the batteries seem to be just fine if I let them charge overnight right after using them and check(I use an automotive multi-meter) on the batteries condition in the morning and immediately before I use them again. I just make sure they are a little over 13 volts and go for it. Again, I am sure you can find the real scoop to learn what the folks in the know would say.
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Don't ya just love those things. Even inspite of the let down of my own delusions of my imagined assurity and certain knowledge of what was beneath the surface of the waters that I had fished before, I was in awe of the real picture my first fishfinder painted of the reality of what was really there. It also freed up a lot of fishing time in some newly discovered unproductive past efforts. However, it alone didn't improve my catching much.
I use a 500 mA motorcycle battery charger to refresh my SLAs. I don't know for sure, but, I imagine a 1000 mA charger would do just as well. I don't know the effect of over charging one is, but, I think you would be able to find out if it is detrimental to the battery or even possible to overcharge it. There are some folks on the board that might know such things.
In my experience, the batteries seem to be just fine if I let them charge overnight right after using them and check(I use an automotive multi-meter) on the batteries condition in the morning and immediately before I use them again. I just make sure they are a little over 13 volts and go for it. Again, I am sure you can find the real scoop to learn what the folks in the know would say.
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