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landyacht318
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Feb 14, 2015

Frigid weather floating with non temp compensated charger

I got a friend up in Michigan who put a voltmeter on his 1.5 year old 'maintenance free' Starting battery and found it 11.95v, and claims there is Zero parasitic draw. He put his automatic charger...
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westend
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Feb 15, 2015
What happens is that the battery is never fully charged (assuming the battery gets some use). If it;s just a Winter float process, the 13.2V is prolonging the life of the battery but not to it's ultimate health. IOW, 13,2X at 10f is better than nothing but not as good as it can be.

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