How do you guys maintain your batteries?

[csuggs]

Just wondering what methods you all use to maintain your battery(s) in the winter. How do maintain your deep cycle differently than the staring?

[autobahnracing]

Battery Minder model 2012

[haugy]

Pull both batteries. I set them on carpet squares, not on bare concrete floor. Then every two weeks I put the battery charger on 2 amp slow charge for a few hours.

If it's a deep ccyle (optima or etc) my charge is set up for them as well, slow charge.

[csuggs]

After looking at the batteryminder shown in the thread I remembered that someone gave me a similar device that I've never used. So now I've got it hooked up to my deep cycle.

http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac71/csuggs/02F90580-9F0D-41F1-BA52-0767F841881C-1097-00000229F05070FC.jpg

[TitanTn]

I leave mine on a trickle charger.

That's quite a nice device to have forgotten about! When I find a pleasant surprise it's usually something like a roll of teflon tape, not a battery minder! Nice!

[haugy]

I will never leave my battery on any kind of batter minder, or trickle again. One blown battery, nearly a fire, and a custom hot rod coated in battery acid later. Never again.

[suprasam]

Both of my batteries are pulled and set on garage work table....and I use a trickle for both. I have been doing it this way for about the last ten years and never had an issue.

[wotan2525]

I pull mine and bring inside in the basement. I switch the Optimate every 2-3 weeks. It just gets rotated through the 3 boat batterys, 3 motorcycle batterys, 2 truck batteries and 3 jet-ski batteries that end up "wintering" down there.

[Jetlink]

I pull mine and bring inside in the basement. I switch the Optimate every 2-3 weeks. It just gets rotated through the 3 boat batterys, 3 motorcycle batterys, 2 truck batteries and 3 jet-ski batteries that end up "wintering" down there.

You might qualify for a battery dealership with that count...

[crystal waters]

sits on the edge of my workbench and about once every month I hook it up to my battery charger on low cycle for the day.
Never had an issue doing it this way in over 20 years of boating.