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Misty Blue · 01-20-2006, 12:38 PM

First off RIG, thank goodness that you were OK. I find that it helps to shout "Bread and Butter" as you run!

As for the battery issue I kind of like that Battery Saver that Skip uses, It's a new one on me. But I am a real fan of the jumper/booster packs. We use them all of the time. One bit of advice though, if you go for a top end one they sometimes come with a "polarity sensitive" feature that at first I liked. You don't have to mess with positive and negative poles. The jump pack knows and will set itself up for the boost. The problem is that it will not work on a flat dead battery because it can't fugure out which pole is which. I have decided to go with the manual units.

As for the battery itself, please don't buy Walmart marine batteries. This is a case of "you get what you pay for". Go to your marina and spend the extra for a quality marine battery. In the long run it will save you money and some day it may save even more than that.

Misty Blue.

01-20-2006, 12:38 PM	#6
Misty Blue Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 658 Thanks: 121 Thanked 283 Times in 98 Posts	Dead batteries First off RIG, thank goodness that you were OK. I find that it helps to shout "Bread and Butter" as you run! As for the battery issue I kind of like that Battery Saver that Skip uses, It's a new one on me. But I am a real fan of the jumper/booster packs. We use them all of the time. One bit of advice though, if you go for a top end one they sometimes come with a "polarity sensitive" feature that at first I liked. You don't have to mess with positive and negative poles. The jump pack knows and will set itself up for the boost. The problem is that it will not work on a flat dead battery because it can't fugure out which pole is which. I have decided to go with the manual units. As for the battery itself, please don't buy Walmart marine batteries. This is a case of "you get what you pay for". Go to your marina and spend the extra for a quality marine battery. In the long run it will save you money and some day it may save even more than that. Misty Blue.