Okay, I've had my first boat for a little while now. 85HP outboard
Chrysler. Came with a car 12v battery for starting, etc, but the
battery is crap as it is getting old and not holding charge for long
anymore.. Do you folks recommend a car 12v battery in a boat or is
there something more preferred? It is used for starting, running a
fish finder, and a small car stereo occasionally.

Thanks

"gprimerib" wrote in message
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Okay, I've had my first boat for a little while now. 85HP outboard
Chrysler. Came with a car 12v battery for starting, etc, but the
battery is crap as it is getting old and not holding charge for long
anymore.. Do you folks recommend a car 12v battery in a boat or is
there something more preferred? It is used for starting, running a
fish finder, and a small car stereo occasionally.

Thanks


If you have just one battery get a marine deep cycle battery rather than a
starting battery.

On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:23:01 -0400, gprimerib
wrote:

Okay, I've had my first boat for a little while now. 85HP outboard
Chrysler. Came with a car 12v battery for starting, etc, but the
battery is crap as it is getting old and not holding charge for long
anymore.. Do you folks recommend a car 12v battery in a boat or is
there something more preferred?

Get a marine battery.

No question.

And expect boat batteries to wear out faster than car batteries in any
event. The occasional use, long periods of inactivity (even if you bring
them inside over the winter, as I do), and deep cycling needed to start
the motor are just plain hard work. Car batteries aren't up to it.

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Get a marine battery.

No question.

And expect boat batteries to wear out faster than car batteries in any
event. The occasional use, long periods of inactivity (even if you bring
them inside over the winter, as I do), and deep cycling needed to start
the motor are just plain hard work. Car batteries aren't up to it.

Okay, a deep cycle marine battery it is then. I'm kinda a stickler for
putting unused batteries on battery tenders, especially on the toys
that don't get used as often as a car.

Sears has one with a 3year warranty unless they changed.

"gprimerib" wrote in message
oups.com...
Get a marine battery.

No question.

And expect boat batteries to wear out faster than car batteries in any
event. The occasional use, long periods of inactivity (even if you bring
them inside over the winter, as I do), and deep cycling needed to start
the motor are just plain hard work. Car batteries aren't up to it.

Okay, a deep cycle marine battery it is then. I'm kinda a stickler for
putting unused batteries on battery tenders, especially on the toys
that don't get used as often as a car.

I use the wally world batteries and had a chance to test that warrenty
this spring. The battery I installed last year just would not get over
11 volts. Bad cell I presumed even though I don't have a specific
gravity tester. Took it back and the guy checked and found the bad
cell, gave me a new battery and sent me on my way. No hassles, no
probs.


wrote:
On 9 Aug 2006 16:23:01 -0700, "gprimerib"
wrote:

Okay, I've had my first boat for a little while now. 85HP outboard
Chrysler. Came with a car 12v battery for starting, etc, but the
battery is crap as it is getting old and not holding charge for long
anymore.. Do you folks recommend a car 12v battery in a boat or is
there something more preferred? It is used for starting, running a
fish finder, and a small car stereo occasionally.

Thanks


You can go the other way. If you get a car battery from Wal-Mart they
will swap it out for up to 2 years for free. I think you could take
one in with a bulletr hole in it and if it was less than 2 years old
the girl just tells you to go get another one.

Oops, forgot to mention that they have marine batteries.

jamesgangnc wrote:
I use the wally world batteries and had a chance to test that warrenty
this spring. The battery I installed last year just would not get over
11 volts. Bad cell I presumed even though I don't have a specific
gravity tester. Took it back and the guy checked and found the bad
cell, gave me a new battery and sent me on my way. No hassles, no
probs.


wrote:
On 9 Aug 2006 16:23:01 -0700, "gprimerib"
wrote:

Okay, I've had my first boat for a little while now. 85HP outboard
Chrysler. Came with a car 12v battery for starting, etc, but the
battery is crap as it is getting old and not holding charge for long
anymore.. Do you folks recommend a car 12v battery in a boat or is
there something more preferred? It is used for starting, running a
fish finder, and a small car stereo occasionally.

Thanks


You can go the other way. If you get a car battery from Wal-Mart they
will swap it out for up to 2 years for free. I think you could take
one in with a bulletr hole in it and if it was less than 2 years old
the girl just tells you to go get another one.

All this stuff is junk, these pro-rated warranties are ridiculous, only
Rolls and Optima make honest batteries that really do work for years. I
would guess, one deep cycle marine battery of a "normal" (car-like) size
would easily start a 85 HP motor.

In article . com,
"jamesgangnc" wrote:

Oops, forgot to mention that they have marine batteries.

jamesgangnc wrote:
I use the wally world batteries and had a chance to test that warrenty
this spring. The battery I installed last year just would not get over
11 volts. Bad cell I presumed even though I don't have a specific
gravity tester. Took it back and the guy checked and found the bad
cell, gave me a new battery and sent me on my way. No hassles, no
probs.


wrote:
On 9 Aug 2006 16:23:01 -0700, "gprimerib"
wrote:

Okay, I've had my first boat for a little while now. 85HP outboard
Chrysler. Came with a car 12v battery for starting, etc, but the
battery is crap as it is getting old and not holding charge for long
anymore.. Do you folks recommend a car 12v battery in a boat or is
there something more preferred? It is used for starting, running a
fish finder, and a small car stereo occasionally.

Thanks


You can go the other way. If you get a car battery from Wal-Mart they
will swap it out for up to 2 years for free. I think you could take
one in with a bulletr hole in it and if it was less than 2 years old
the girl just tells you to go get another one.