Is this the right Battery Tender for a deep cycle marine battery?
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I would say yes as long as the battery isn't totally drained. The battery needs to be charged because it's a maintainer to keep a battery fully charged all the time! I think it's to small to charge a totally dead battery. The battery tender only puts out 1.5 volts and a regular battery charger puts out 12 volts to charge a totally dead battery.
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Bruce get you a better game camera battery for your depth finder. That's what I use on my inshore kayak. This batter was a junk. Leaked acid when arrived in mail. I gave it a bad review and took it to a battery recycler. My loss for going cheap and I paid for it. Hope this helps.
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Any marine battery will work for it. 4hrs on full speed and 6 hrs on low speed. I had a group 24 deep cycle marine battery.
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Hi, it is a deep cycle battery and should work fine for a trolling motor for several hours.Regards,BuyClerk
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Yes this charger works fine for deep cycle marine batteries. I charge my deep cycles all the time with this charger.
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I would think so Alan, but maybe ought to call Battery Tender. I leave my two boats plugged in for months at a time, and when I'm ready...they're ready...at least the batteries are!
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I don't use it on a boat (I use it for my solar panel) and I don't have a box to inclose the battery, so I don't know what is the best size for this battery.
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I'm thinking it would work using a marine/boat battery (deep cycle) but they're pretty heavy.
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The quick simple answer is "not enough". A nearly depleted deep cycle battery may or may not be able to recover with this panel. If the battery was damaged slightly by a quick discharge, it may have more internal leakage than can be overcome by a one amp charge (the practical limit of this unit). This unit is more for maintenance than recovery.
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As Will T. Said...Deep Cycle Marine Battery. You also need a battery charger and you have to charge the battery back to 100% after each use.
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Try 4 Marine batterys the biggest you can get ahold of locally (avoid shipping)
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It may not get the battery to a peak of 14.4V, but it will get it to a close to full charge condition. However, remember this thing charges at about 1 Amp. For a Marine Battery, it will take a long time if it is discharged. It will work fine if you are only trying to keep it at full charge.
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I would go to Costco and buy a deep cycle marine battery for your application if you have room for it.
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Yes this will work. You will need a solar panel that will recharge the battery draw (you can calculate this from the watt output of different panels) and a battery large enough to provide the current draw without getting below 10.5 before it gets recharged by the panel. You also would want a marine style deep cycle or at least a start/deep cycle combo battery. Remember that solar panels and batteries are not 100% efficient so calculate the load accordingly. All that said I do just this on my boat along with running additional DC loads and don't need to run my aux engine to recharge the hose bank while at anchor. Yes this will work. You will need a solar panel that will recharge the battery draw (you can calculate this from the watt output of different panels) and a battery large enough to provide the current draw without getting below 10.5 before it gets recharged by the panel. You also would want a marine style deep cycle or at least a start/deep cycle combo battery. Remember that solar panels and batteries are not 100% efficient so calculate the load accordingly. All that said I do just this on my boat along with running additional DC loads and don't need to run my aux engine to recharge the hose... » Read More Yes this will work. You will need a solar panel that will recharge the battery draw (you can calculate this from the watt output of different panels) and a battery large enough to provide the current draw without getting below 10.5 before it gets recharged by the panel. You also would want a marine style deep cycle or at least a start/deep cycle combo battery. Remember that solar panels and batteries are not 100% efficient so calculate the load accordingly. All that said I do just this on my boat along with running additional DC loads and don't need to run my aux engine to recharge the hose bank while at anchor. « Show Less
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I use it on my marine battery on my boat. As long as everything is off/you don't let the vehicle sit for a long period...it works great. Not enough to keep the juice up if something is using the battery for a long period of time without running the vehicle/vessel.
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Yes, the deep cycle type. I use a 101 amp hour battery and get about 4 hours of run time pushing a 2500 lb. boat.
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Hello Frank,Any good MARINE deep cycle battery will do. They look like auto batteries and can be found wherever batteries are sold. Think about how far you will be traveling on average, and ask a competent sales person about the correct size. I bought a battery for abt. $55 and have never had a problem. Good Luck