Batteries during the Winter

[Mike in SC]

I forgot about the ACR. Our marina keeps the dry storage boats in a building on racks, so no battery chargers. I pull both batteries at the end of the season and give them a charge. My cranking battery was pretty much wasted. I had to connect a car charger/ jump starter to get enough voltage there for the normal chargers to turn on. I'll likely need to replace it next spring. I'll consider changing the power feed to the Mercathode unit to a switched source.