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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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mchero
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Feb 15, 2015
I have a 93 Pace Arrow that has wintered MAY times here in the N.E. w/o any charger. I get both house & chassis batteries juced up & then hit the disconnect switch. NEVER (Knock on wood) had a battery discharge then freeze.

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