Hi,
Last fall my center console's battery looked like it was going to blow up, with bloating sides and leaking acid. I replaced this battery with a deep cycle battery I had lying in the garage, because I needed to get the boat out of the water that day. The terminals melted off due to not enough CCA. I then replaced this battery with a new starting battery, with 1050 CCA. Now that i do not have a deep cycle battery, will my single starter battery be damaged due to overdraw? (Only one battery in the boat, no battery switch). I do not have many instruments on the boat, just nav lights and a bilge pump. Not sure if I should invest in a two battery system.
Thank you so much for any response. The boat is 22' with a 2003 Mercury 150 SaltWater series.
Last fall my center console's battery looked like it was going to blow up, with bloating sides and leaking acid. I replaced this battery with a deep cycle battery I had lying in the garage, because I needed to get the boat out of the water that day. The terminals melted off due to not enough CCA. I then replaced this battery with a new starting battery, with 1050 CCA. Now that i do not have a deep cycle battery, will my single starter battery be damaged due to overdraw? (Only one battery in the boat, no battery switch). I do not have many instruments on the boat, just nav lights and a bilge pump. Not sure if I should invest in a two battery system.
Thank you so much for any response. The boat is 22' with a 2003 Mercury 150 SaltWater series.