MartinGodliman
Registered: 25/07/06
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Reply with quote | #16 |
Thanks Keith it'll have to be next time the one I bought from ET is likely to be good enough for me for while, it is obviously a proper one.
Perhaps I should get a second one that charger good as it is wont completely recharge an almost flat battery over night.
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Keef
Registered: 10/02/05
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Reply with quote | #17 |
Almost flat?
You must be pushing your batteries hard!
Maybe thats why the last one only lasted a year. If its not a real deep cycle that kind of treatment will soon knack it.
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MartinGodliman
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Reply with quote | #18 |
I'm giving you the wrong impression Keith it's just that I've been doing two consecutive days on Chew this week where you cant troll on the outboard and they are big boats and the sign on the charger shows only 'half' flat. I've no real idea how low because I cant accurately test it.
My normal use on the river bimbeling around only maneuvering my 12ft Sea Nymph on the Thames I would think is very light use by comparison.
All together I don't suppose it's more than a dozen days a year.
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Reply with quote | #19 |
I have spent rather less than £300 on batteries in the last 5 years despite my shamefully casual attitude to maintenance and getting through a fair few. I'm also too weak to lift 110Ah jobbies! It's curious that we all achieve our aims in such different ways.
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MartinGodliman
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Reply with quote | #20 |
I wondered what you opinion would be considering the heavy use yours must get Dave, I think I just bought a dud the kind Keith described with the nasty handle.
I agree about the weight I wouldn't want to carry my 85ah all that far now, and up that short steep slope at Chew, Roy and I were so puffed we couldn't even talk for a while after !!
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Keef
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Reply with quote | #21 |
I managed to carry a 130 Ah Trojan around. The carrying handle really does make a difference. Every 20 or 30 yards though I had to put it down and swap hands.
Another way to do it is to put the battery in a suitable sized battery box (some have better designed handles than others) then you can carry it with both hands, or two people can carry it 
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MartinGodliman
Registered: 25/07/06
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Reply with quote | #22 |
After the two days Keith I was surprised how much oomph was left in the battery I had conserved some poke I thought after the first day shunting two blokes about in a stiff breeze in a trout water boat with my 35lb thrust leccy.
It didn't fully recharge over night so for the second day I was cautious until the end when the wind dropped and I was wastefully trolling with full power for what seemed a long time without noticing any loss of power.
My old battery must have been really rubbish.
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