Is there hope for my battery?
My trolling motor battery seems to not have the longevity as it used
to. It seems like I am only out on the water for a few hours before I have
to move the speed controller from a 1 to a 2, and so forth. Is there
anything that I can do that will help bring the life back to the battery?
thanks in advance |
Scott
Dec 14
2004
|
| You don't say how old the battery is, but it sounds like it's on it's last
legs. You could try to totally drain it of energy, make certain that the
electrolyte level is full and then recharge it. You might be able to extend
the life of it some, but start planning on buying a new battery. |
Steve
Dec 14
|
| There are some additives that supposedly will remove the sulfation on the
plates. It might get you a little more use out of it, and those additives
are cheap. My dad claims they work. I have never tried one. I tend to
replace my batteries long before they get to that point. --
Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints. |
Bob
Dec 14
|
| There are pulse chargers available that will help de-sulfate a battery if
that is the problem. Before using one, you generally want to make sure the
battery is fully charged. This device will pulse causing the sulfating to
be removed from the plates. Jeff |
Jeff
Dec 14
|
| I seem to only get about 3 years out of my batteries. |
Bassman
Dec 14
|
| Im using Trojan Batteries and they will be going on their 5 year coming up.
Keep the trolling batteries charged with a Guest charger all year long and
never had no troubles
Chris S |
Chris
Dec 14
|
| I think most batteries will last for a pertty set number of recharges - about
150 - 200. So,it depends a lot on how many days you fish a year, not just time.
Ronnie
fishing.guide@about.com
http://fishing.about.com |
rgarri7470
Dec 15
|
| On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 20:34:24 -0600, "Bassman" <bassman1@chartermi.net>
wrote:
I too would like to know about Delco Voyagers. Mine is a 1991 and is
still going strong, I thought this was very unusual but I see others
are getting the same results. What ever happened to them? Donn |
Don
Dec 15
|
| I use to get the Delco's at Wal-Mart, and I agree that they are some decent
batteries at a decent price, but I never got three years out of any of them. My Interstate batteries that came in my new (2002) Nitro are all but gone.
The trolling battery killed over at the beginning of this year, and the
starting battery is headed to the recyclers by Spring. The only trolling
batteries that Elm Hill Marina carried were Deka, so that's what I had to
buy at their inflated prices last spring. It's done well, but I've since
added an extra battery just in case. You asaked what happened to Delco... are they still making batteries?
> >What ever happened to the Delco Voyager series? I've got 3 of these that
> >I've had (punched) since 1990,and they will still work better than my 3
year |
Charles
Dec 16
|
| According to this they are. Joe Z. http://www.acdelco.com/html/pi_batt_voyager.htm You asaked what happened to Delco... are they still making batteries?
> >What ever happened to the Delco Voyager series? I've got 3 of these that
> >I've had (punched) since 1990,and they will still work better than my 3
year |
Joe
Dec 16
|
