> What type of charger is used for Gel cell and would a solar charger work > if it was mounted on rear deck? > > Larry C. An important question Larry because when I bought my gel cell battery the guy told me I needed a special charger for it. He showed me a couple of chargers that had a "gel cell" setting so I think he was being up front about it. My charger is a Minn Kota charger that I use for my big marine trolling motor battery (for my canoe). I haven't had any problems using it. The gel cell charges in just 1-2 hours on the charger and the charger cuts off when the battery is fully charged. I don't know enough about the solar chargers to answer that part of your question. My earlier post got me thinking about how long the battery would last running the bilge pump, so right now it is sitting in a sink full of water pumping water up a 2' hose. It's been running for over an hour now (~450 gallons or 60 cubic feet of water) and still running without any noticable weakening. That should pump out the boat a few times 8^) Also the battery I mentioned earlier (YT4L-BS) is a 3AH battery and measures 4.38"L x 2.5"W x 3.81"H and weighs 2.9 lbs. There are 6AH batteries only slightly larger and about 2 lbs heavier. Woody *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Feb 04 1999 - 18:48:16 PST
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