On Board Battery Trickle Charger

[ippa2]

With all this talk about batteries and winterizing and the fact that my 2 new Interstate batteries are sitting frozen in my boat, I am thinking of updating the on board charger in my boat. I figure the one in there is going on 14 years old. I'm sure the new chargers do a much better job of keeping the batteries topped off and not overcharging them.

Can anyone recommend a decent charger, something to replace the original? And preferabley something in the mid-price range...less than $500 would be nice.

Also if anyone knows anyone around Cape Cod/SE Mass that could install it that would be helpful. I'm not even going to try to mess with this thing. Thanks!

 

[Henry Boyd]

As long as the batteries were charged and are disconnected they will be fine until spring. If anything, leaving them on a charger in the boatyard would probably be a greater risk. That's assuming the boatyard will even allow it. Mine doesn't allow any unattended electrical hookups to stored boats. They are paranoid about fires.

Henry