Posts by Dan

It can't be used online?

Congratulations Roberto and Puerto Rico spearos.

Thanks for posting Daniel.

There should be a certification for freedivers

Thanks Mike.

Gulf Rover, I'm also interested in seeing a pic of this float.

My thought too.

I do have an anchor and the other end of the rope gets tied to the boat right?

Thanks for the suggestions. There's a pull cord in a little pouch inside the motor cowling. What I do need to do is learn where to connect it.

I don't have room for another battery unless it's going to sit on the deck. I have a stereo, GPS/depth finder, and an electric water pump. I mostly use the handheld GPS and hardly ever use the stereo. Is a 2nd battery really necessary in my case?

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Si lo tengo. Lo que pasa es que se me olvido a cerrar lo unos meses.

You're welcome.

LB, it only comes in one color.

The battery has been charging for 14 hours. I removed the charger and started the motor, it started beautifully. I turned off the main switch and will try to start the motor again in 2 days and 5 days.

My question now is whether I should return this Battery tender and get a simple slow charger? I don't like the idea of leaving it hooked up and turned permanently. The unit sits inside the console near the battery and it was really warm, almost hot. Will I be fine just hooking up a slow charger once a week if I don't use the boat for more than a couple of weeks? If so how long should I run the charger?

3mm.

Great suggestions Don, all noted.

No Don, just one battery, there's no room on my RIB for that stuff

Maybe I made a mistake buying the "Battery Tender". Does it make sense to leave it hooked up to the boat and turned on permanently? I just wasn't sure whether the way it's charging is the same as the conventional chargers "slow" charge, is it? I plan to use the boat at least once a week so the battery should stay charged. I just don't want to be stuck out there not being able to start the motor. On the other hand my motor has an optional pull cord and I have a BoatUS membership.

The battery is so tight in there I can't read anything.

Thank you very much for the suggestions guys. I just figured out what was probably the cause of the battery losing charge. Apart from being a real A-hole to my boat and not running the motor once a week as I should, as a matter of fact I didn't start it for 3-4 months, what can I say.. I had a lot of other things on my mind, but it will never happen again, I left the main battery switch on since the last time I ran it.

I went to Pep boys and asked some questions about a trickle charger. As usual it was annoying getting a different answer from every sales person, you get the idea they don't know what they're talking about when they start to read the labeling on the package. Anyways I settled on this one.

It's supposed to charge the battery slowly, that's what a trickle charger does right? And when the battery is charged it shuts off automatically. You can leave it connected and if the battery starts losing charge the charger will automatically start and maintain it at the right level. I'll leave it for a day and see if the battery got better, and how long it will hold the charge.

Looks like it's a good fit. May it serve you well. Your dive spot looks nice too

I ran the motor mostly at idle with a minute here and there at fast idle.

I don't know how old the battery is.

I don't know if it's gel cell or acid. How can I tell?

Tickle charger I understand and will go get one now from Pep boys. I will let it charge/sit and then test if the battery has enough juice to turn on the motor after varying time periods.

What does a battery hydrometer do?

Please forgive my ignorance in this matter as it will quickly become apparent. My boat battery doesn't have enough charge to start the motor. The radio and electric water pump are working, but when I try to start the motor it turns over once or twice and that's it, then makes a continuous clicking sound. I connected it with cables to my car battery (car motor running at idle) and the boat motor started no problem.

I'm assuming that the boat battery works the same as a car's as far as getting charged ie. there's some kind of alternator in the motor. In this case it would seem logical that leaving the boat running for half an hour should charge the battery enough to be able to start the motor in the future. This is not the case, a week later the battery doesn't have enough juice again to start the motor.

How can I figure out whether the battery has gone bad and doesn't hold a charge, or it's not being charged by the motor, without taking the battery to some service place? It was a really tight fit getting the battery inside the console and battery box and I'd rather not mess with it. The motor is an outboard two stroke Mercury 90.