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Message: <blockquote data-quote="guywhofishes" data-source="post: 231857" data-attributes="member: 337"><p>I never check the water because I'm gellin'.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><span style="font-size: 9px">- - - Updated - - -</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>a charged battery can't freeze.</p><p></p><p>unhooking the wiring removes the ability of parasitic loss to sap your charge</p><p></p><p>a charged battery, disconnected from all wiring, is fine right where it is</p><p></p><p>blankets/insulation only accomplish heat loss prevention - a battery that's not being charged doesn't put out any heat - so there's no purpose to blanketing or insulating them (in a vehicle it can prevent short term cooling for the starting battery... but not months and months worth of cold in a boat)</p><p></p><p>just make sure it has water, charge it, then disconnect it so it doesn't lose charge over winter to parasitic loss (wiring, microprocessors, etc.)</p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><span style="font-size: 9px">- - - Updated - - -</span></span></p><p></p><p>Many older battery chargers charge too high (V) and thus they slowly "boil water" (not really - it's separating the hydrogen and oxygen of the h20)</p><p></p><p>so leaving them charging all winter results in excessive water loss </p><p></p><p>battery backup sump pumps do this - they'll fry batteries in short order if you don't babysit the water (i.e. they really suck)</p><p></p><p>by not charging all winter (or using modern really smart chargers) you don't have to worry about the water loss</p></blockquote><p></p>

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