Skippers,
I recently ran into an issue with dead batteries (house and 4D). Come to figure out it was an issue with the onboard Charles 20Amp battery charger overcharging and not switching to trickle charge. Now that I have new batterie$, I am suspect of the charger. Can someone tell me how to check to confirm my suspicion that the batter charger is not dropping to tickle charge when it should? At the very least, I am inclined to only run the charger for an hour or two at a time, and will definitely keep it turned off when away from the boat for any length of time. (In this case, my battery charger was a battery killer). Thanks in advance for any response.
I recently ran into an issue with dead batteries (house and 4D). Come to figure out it was an issue with the onboard Charles 20Amp battery charger overcharging and not switching to trickle charge. Now that I have new batterie$, I am suspect of the charger. Can someone tell me how to check to confirm my suspicion that the batter charger is not dropping to tickle charge when it should? At the very least, I am inclined to only run the charger for an hour or two at a time, and will definitely keep it turned off when away from the boat for any length of time. (In this case, my battery charger was a battery killer). Thanks in advance for any response.