What to leave on during the week as far as shore power

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Mikeb18x

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Oct 30, 2014
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Wildwood nj
Boat Info
1992 270 sundancer..
Engines
454 Brovo 2
Just curious on what most weekend warriors do as far as shore power. Should I leave the power on for my batt charger on all week? Should anything else be left on? Thanks in advance for the info!
 
All I leave on is my battery charger and my 120 outlets... I have one of these in my cabin:
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+1 on the above items but I also leave my AC in dehumidifier mode.
 
Thanks for the advice! I guess I should be looking into a dehumidifier also.. Any advice? I'll look into the one pictured above that looks like it days stor dry
 
Mikeb18x said:
Thanks for the advice! I guess I should be looking into a dehumidifier also.. Any advice? I'll look into the one pictured above that looks like it days stor dry
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Does the boat have AC? You may already have dehumidification available
 
Battery Charger, Refrigerator, and Microwave. The Microwave is on so that I can see if the boat lost power (clock resets) since the last time I was there. If so, then I investigate.

Everything else is off.
 
Battery charger, refrigerators, heat/AC depending on the season.
 
If you have an older charger ie one that doesn't have a float mode, be sure to check your batteries weekly at least, if there lead acid you risk boiling the batteries dry and buying new ones or worse.
 
Boat is a 92 270.. What should I look for to see if the charger has a "float" or automatic shutoff? That's what I was worried about with leaving the charger on for the week
 
I have AC but do not run it it in Dehumidify mode because it is cheaper to run the WM dehumidifier, and I am in salt water would not run the RW through the boat when I am not on it... If your charger does not have a float mode, I would not leave it on... your batteries will be find it they are turned off end left uncharged for a week or two...
 
rcknecht said:
I have AC but do not run it it in Dehumidify mode because it is cheaper to run the WM dehumidifier, and I am in salt water would not run the RW through the boat when I am not on it... If your charger does not have a float mode, I would not leave it on... your batteries will be find it they are turned off end left uncharged for a week or two...
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Only issue there is bilge pumps....small leak, no problem, bilge pumps will keep her afloat...until the battery dies. Then down she goes.

As an example: Last week I saved the boat of an NFL star. He was off at spring training and I happened to be walking down the dock and thought "man, his boat looks a little ass low in the water" So I stared at it and pondered, as any good man is prone to do after too many beers the night before, when I saw his forward bilge pump cycle on. "Rut roh..." go down and grab the marina guy and he jumps on the boat and hits the aft bilge pump switch...nothing. Lift the hatch, up to the oil pan of the BRAND NEW 350s in a BRAND NEW Monterrey. If he hadnt been on shore power, and didnt have a forward bilge pump, we'd have found it hanging off the lines.
 
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