Battery charging

Abbeysdad · 09-11-09, 11:55 AM

My new, used boat had a lame starting battery hooked to the trolling motor (I think a junk battery went in where a better one used to live and when the previous owner traded up, he swapped in an old battery).
So I replaced it with a big yellow max deep cell EverStart. The trolling motor battery is not connected in any way to the main battery.
I have been pulling and charging the TM battery after every time out, but haven't been charging my main battery (allowing to be maintained by the motor alternator/charging system) which (knock on wood) seems to be working okay....but just wondering...should I be routinely charging the main battery? Or maybe a better question is what do you do?

09-11-09, 11:55 AM	#1
Abbeysdad BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central NY - Finger Lakes Posts: 1,307	Battery charging My new, used boat had a lame starting battery hooked to the trolling motor (I think a junk battery went in where a better one used to live and when the previous owner traded up, he swapped in an old battery). So I replaced it with a big yellow max deep cell EverStart. The trolling motor battery is not connected in any way to the main battery. I have been pulling and charging the TM battery after every time out, but haven't been charging my main battery (allowing to be maintained by the motor alternator/charging system) which (knock on wood) seems to be working okay....but just wondering...should I be routinely charging the main battery? Or maybe a better question is what do you do?

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