V4 Johnson
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Jan 30, 2010
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I guess I'm not sure if I have a problem or not.
I bought an Ever Start 29 series battery at Wally-by-Golly last month. I installed the battery but left the grounds unattached while it sat. Two weeks ago I took the boat to the river and ran it for 3-3 1/2 hours. A depth/fish finder is the only electronics I was running. When trailering the boat stalled and the starter would not engage the flywheel (115 Johnson O.B.). It spun but didn't engage. I popped the cover off the motor, finger engaged the gear and finished trailering. I disconnected the grounds again and went home.
Saturday I had a stereo installed. The stereo guy said he checked the battery in the boat and it was at 10.5 volts. I can't think that, if the battery was good when I got it, that 3 hours of run time would discharge it that much even if the alternator was not working at all.
Does something sound fishy with this battery??
I bought an Ever Start 29 series battery at Wally-by-Golly last month. I installed the battery but left the grounds unattached while it sat. Two weeks ago I took the boat to the river and ran it for 3-3 1/2 hours. A depth/fish finder is the only electronics I was running. When trailering the boat stalled and the starter would not engage the flywheel (115 Johnson O.B.). It spun but didn't engage. I popped the cover off the motor, finger engaged the gear and finished trailering. I disconnected the grounds again and went home.
Saturday I had a stereo installed. The stereo guy said he checked the battery in the boat and it was at 10.5 volts. I can't think that, if the battery was good when I got it, that 3 hours of run time would discharge it that much even if the alternator was not working at all.
Does something sound fishy with this battery??