Boat Maintenance: Why not just switch batteries,

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	Name:	lakeplumber -
	Subject:	Why not just switch batteries,
	Date:	6/5/2012 7:30:39 AM

I suppose thar switching batteries would work if the batteries are identical. I must confess that I'm up to a Cat-level marine mechanic. That being said, it is my understanding that a trolling battery is indeed not the same as a battery used for starting the vessel.

But swapping batteries out on the lake would require one to carry some mechanics tools onboard (which may not be a bad idea), I just don't want to ride around with a floating garage to fix any and all needs. I think of all things that could possibly go wrong with a boat/motor, then assess what tools would be required to fix the problem, and soon you would be riding around with a full socket/ratchet set, a set of screwdrivers (both phillips and flat). An allen wrench set, a pair of pliers, a file, gear puller, funnel, a come-along, and a bench grinder. The end result would be craft resembling some of the things I've seen on "Swamp Pepole". The added weight would leave little gunwale.

Another point relative to battery swapping would be that the time/labor factor. And I admit that there are a segment of our society that relish the idea of raising their hoods on their automobiles at every chance to tinker with all the nuts and bolts, I am not among that number. Simply attaching a pair of cables to 2 batteries is a much more desirable task than loosening the nuts on 4 battery posts, swapping the cables or batteries and then tighening the same nuts again.

Jes sayin.....