Care and feeding of deep-cycle batteries

[Ronira]

Yo Poxy, try turning your charger from auto to manual and it should keep charging at low amps. My battery is three years old and it runs my toon all day no problem and I'm a 225 lb guy and I carry a ton of crap on my toon.

[Poxy Boggards]

Thanks, I see if there is any settings that I can play with when I get home. I don't remember any buttons though. It's a really basic charger.

[drivelikejoewho]

Hi all.. I figured I'd post my questions in this thread instead of starting a new one. I have a little Sea Eagle inflatable that I power with a Minn Kota trolling motor and use in Alamitos bay. I have a few older Deep Cycle Batteries that are on their last legs as of last summer and they've been sitting for a while so I want to buy a new one. I'm not the most experienced person with this stuff so can somebody recommend a battery for me. I want something that will last me as long as possible. I usually bring two batteries. One for fishing and the other as an emergency to get back to my car if the other runs out.

I figure I'll use the new one for my fishing and use one of the stronger old ones as the back up.

I use a battery charger with 2/4/6 amp charging options. I bought it at wal-mart I think. I always charge on the 2 amp setting which usually takes a whole night. Do I need a charger that specifically says "slow trickle" or for use with "deep cycle" or is what I am using sufficient?

Thanks!

[ElementX]

AnglerBob and drivelikejoewho, this link will help you guys out. It helped me out greatly with setting up my pontoon and trolling motor:

http://tufox.com/hobie/TrollingPerformance.html