[Rhodes22-list] Jump Starter

[Dennis McNeely]

Benjamin,

I think the secret is in the charger. I've had good luck with 
BatteryMinder 
<http://www.amazon.com/BatteryMINDer-Volt-Amp-Battery-Charger/dp/B000X2B0RW>(no 
affiliation). It has settings for flooded, gel, or agm cells, and has a 
maintenance cycle which takes care of the long term care and feeding of 
the battery when it's not in use. It also has a sensor available to 
ensure the charge voltage is temperature compensated.

FWIW, I've had good luck using a small agm battery to start our 9.9 
Mercury Bigfoot - I think it was one designed for use with jetskis / 
personal water craft. Agm batteries are pricey, but they'll operate in 
any position (even upside down), don't leak (even if the case is 
broken), and have a very low rate of self-discharge - so they'll hold a 
charge for months if unattended.

Good luck with it.

(Another) Dennis
s/v Magic Moments

On 11/18/2011 10:48 AM, Benjamin Cittadino wrote:
> I'm already dreaming of Springtime. Toward that end I am considering
> including a jump-starter for use with the battery that is connected to
> the electric starter for my 2004 9.9 Yamaha outboard.
     -- snipped --