Franko Manini
Well-Known Member
Folks,
Like most of you I suspect, I have dual batteries with a typical OFF / 1 /2 / BOTH switch. While my boat is not in use, I like to run a trickle charger on the batteries to maintain them. I also run a charger on them from time to time to try to keep them working longer. I have always connected the charger to one battery at a time, rather than connecting it to the bus and selecting BOTH on the switch. This means I have to crawl into the boat every so often and switch the charger over to the other battery. Also, one battery is always sitting there with no trickle charge. It's a PITA and also not that effective.
I suppose I could pull both batteries out of the boat and move them into the shop (my boat is stored outside all year), but since I use my boat year round, it's not really practical.
What do you do for battery maintenance on a dual system? I have seen chargers that maintain two or more batteries at a time, but i don't know which brands are good and which are not. Looking for suggestions to what I am sure is a common problem (or possibly a stupid question?).
Thanks,
F
Like most of you I suspect, I have dual batteries with a typical OFF / 1 /2 / BOTH switch. While my boat is not in use, I like to run a trickle charger on the batteries to maintain them. I also run a charger on them from time to time to try to keep them working longer. I have always connected the charger to one battery at a time, rather than connecting it to the bus and selecting BOTH on the switch. This means I have to crawl into the boat every so often and switch the charger over to the other battery. Also, one battery is always sitting there with no trickle charge. It's a PITA and also not that effective.
I suppose I could pull both batteries out of the boat and move them into the shop (my boat is stored outside all year), but since I use my boat year round, it's not really practical.
What do you do for battery maintenance on a dual system? I have seen chargers that maintain two or more batteries at a time, but i don't know which brands are good and which are not. Looking for suggestions to what I am sure is a common problem (or possibly a stupid question?).
Thanks,
F