Charge
Sylvan lives far from electrical outlets, so its wet cell battery has had to live since purchase about 10 years ago only on a solar charge panel, plus rare OB charging. It is stored on site for about 8 mo. without any charging, though it goes into fall/winter with a full charge. So far it has not burst from frozen electrolyte, but it does reqire lots of solar at spring/summer prep time. Somehow its survived (at least thru summer of 2011) to continue to provide power for occasional drain by running and interior lights, depth sounder, and modest radio use. RK
Sylvan lives far from electrical outlets, so its wet cell battery has had to live since purchase about 10 years ago only on a solar charge panel, plus rare OB charging. It is stored on site for about 8 mo. without any charging, though it goes into fall/winter with a full charge. So far it has not burst from frozen electrolyte, but it does reqire lots of solar at spring/summer prep time. Somehow its survived (at least thru summer of 2011) to continue to provide power for occasional drain by running and interior lights, depth sounder, and modest radio use. RK
