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Post by Twisted on May 2, 2019 14:02:20 GMT -5
So my boat is at the service yard and I got a call today that unfortunately my batteries are cooked and there was some corrosion on the wires themselves so they need to be snipped back. They are 7 years old and I would rather find this out now than 10 miles offshore! I don't think I have any complaints but was wondering what kind of life expectancy you have gotten out of yours? Thanks.
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Post by abouttime2fish on May 2, 2019 14:24:02 GMT -5
My boat is a 2006, put in service in 2007. I’m on my second pair of batts and don’t expect too much more life out of them. Probably change them next spring.
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Post by fishnfool on May 2, 2019 15:13:42 GMT -5
Dang 7yrs?! That is a good run for boat batteries. I always look at them on my boat as being more disposable. I expect to replace mine every 4 yrs or so more as a precaution than anything. Cheap insurance.
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Post by outtadblue on May 2, 2019 16:49:45 GMT -5
I’m with fishnfool, 4 years is the norm I would think.
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Post by Gitsum on May 2, 2019 18:32:43 GMT -5
4 batts. Have been doing one/season. . The last load test showed all good so may get a free pass this season!
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Post by finatic on May 2, 2019 18:36:41 GMT -5
I’m with fishnfool, 4 years is the norm I would think. Same here 3 or 4 years, or the first time a motor turns over slowly.
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Post by ragtop409 on May 2, 2019 21:00:37 GMT -5
Here in Florida lead acid batteries 3 years, 4 tops. We use them a lot. Rag’s
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Post by hookedup on May 3, 2019 6:34:26 GMT -5
I agree with the 3 to 4 years for lead acid batteries.
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Post by reelkul on May 3, 2019 9:10:11 GMT -5
In South Florida 3 to 4 years for flooded, and that is with regular inspection of the acid level.
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Post by kbh on May 3, 2019 18:59:42 GMT -5
The one in my Toyota Tundra is over 10 years old. My boat batteries I changed last year for no apparent reason. Not sure how old they were but I'd had the boat for about 4 years.
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Post by finatic on May 3, 2019 19:37:12 GMT -5
i had some cheap battery from WalMart in my Vette. i had a marine disconnect on the negative side of it. 15 years young and was still fine when i sole the car.
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Post by ragtop409 on May 3, 2019 21:41:50 GMT -5
10 and 15 years!! That is crazy. Rag’s
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Post by abouttime2fish on May 4, 2019 6:28:15 GMT -5
The environment the battery lives in makes a huge difference. Spent 3 years living in the dessert of Yuma AZ. In that time I replaced batteries in every vehicle and boat I owned and most of them twice. For the guys up north, pulling batts, charging them fully, and storing someplace it doesn’t get below freezing will greatly extend life. Way down south...we’ll just keep using it a lot all year and your payback for rubbing the northern guys noses in your nice weather is you get to replace a bit more often. Now here in NC we have the best of both worlds....
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Post by finatic on May 5, 2019 9:52:12 GMT -5
10 and 15 years!! That is crazy. Rag’s I know. I owned that car for 33 years and only had 2 new batteries first one was a Sears Die Hard that lived up to its' name. I only used the car 5 or 10 times a year it sat in my garage and i would put the charger on the battery a few times a year.
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Post by kbuchanan on Jun 12, 2019 17:22:33 GMT -5
i agree with 3-4 years. My last ones lasted 5 but i was lucky.
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