fishhunter
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Feb 24, 2002
- Messages
- 86
Two years ago I bought an everstart maxx marine battery at (unowhere) and Vector smart charger from a local outdoors store (academy) I keep the battery right here behind me with all my gear in the den/dining room. No worries my old house is well ventilated . I leave it on the smart charger anytime Iam not out using it,the small fan on the charger quit working several months or maybe a year ago. But it seems to still be doin its job and my battery lasted for two years , but now appearantly has a dead cell. I am just curious if my charger killed the battery or it was just normal life span of an $80.00 battery. It has a cell open(not shorted) according to the code on my charger. I usually go fishing every weekend and my battery would only draw down from around 12.8v to 12 volts after a good day on the lake(intermittent usage) How can I check my charger to be sure its not killing my battery? I read a thread on these batteries and Iam sure you can buy a lemon with any brand and I had been real happy with it but think two years seemed kind of short lived considering the battery was always emmediatly recharged and kept indoors on the charger. Anybody have one of these chargers ? Iam going to wallyworld tonight to get another battery because I need to fish tomarrow hopefuly I will get one at least as good as the last one but hoping for a better one
