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I have a jet motor, so I don't have to go through "all" the stuff.... but I start in the middle of October putting stabil in the fuel because I never know exactly when everything will freeze up and I can't go anymore. When I finally do winterize, I hook up the hose to the motor, with a special adaptor, start it with the aircleaner off and spray fogging spray into the intake until I stall it. Then I take the spark plugs out and spray fogging spray into the opennings. That's about it for the motor. Also make sure there is no water in your beilge/ aireator pumps. Mine always starts right up first time out in the spring. Any marine store sells fogging spray and you may be able to even get it at a place like walmart.

I've always liked watching that show w/Joe Thomas. Kinda feel sorry for him though, seems like he just isn't doing that good. Was wondering how long they will keep giving him money and a sponsorship if he doesn't place or make some money.

I do have a digital volt meter (don't know why, cause I never knew how to use it). So I think I will got with that, I'll be able to figure it out then. Thanks again for all the help! Doug

How do I measure the % of the battery? Thank you for the info.! That's just what I needed to know. I'm going to order the battery charger from Cabelas when I get off work tonight. Finally, with you help, starting to understand.

Thank you for the reply! I've read other post by you about batteries and was hoping you would be one of the persons responding! Couple more questions please. BPS list only one 3 bank charger--says XPI 5/5/5, DC systems 12/24/36 15 amps. Is this what I would want? I assume it's 5 amps per bank. Don't know what the 12/24/36 means. Also, does it hurt the battery if you don't real use it that hard and it's not drained down that much, to keep putting it back on the charger? Will they take a memory? Somebody told me this and did not know if it applied to these type of batteries. I know some of the older cordless drill batteries were like this and if you didn't run them all the way down, they would not hold a charge very long. Maybe they are different. Thank you again. Doug

Ok, Please be patient, I know you've probably covered this before, But I need a little advice. I have a 24 volt setup for my trolling motor and a battery for my motor(cranking battery). I want to buy a on- board charger and not sure what to buy. Read in past post that the BassPro Shop made by ProMariner is a good charger. Do I need a 2 bank ( 1 hook-up for the cranking battery and 1 hook-up for the two deep cycle batteries) or do I need a 3 bank charger (1 hook-up for the cranking battery and 1 hook-up for EACH deep cycle battery)? If you have the TM batteries wired together, will they charge if you just hook-up to one of them? If not do you have to seperate them before you charge them? What size charger would you recomend, 8,10,15, 20 amp? Can you leave the charger hooked up all the time and not worry about it? Even for extended periods of time, like over the winter or should you charge it and unplug it for the winter? Should I charge the cranking motor batteries everytime I charge the TM batteries since they would be hooked-up to the onboard charger also or would it hurt it? My motor charges it somewhat when it's running, but I don't make very long runs with it. Well I think I've covered all my questions and thank you for any help you can give me. Doug

Hi all, need some advise on a portable livewell and where to buy one also. I have a 16' lowe boat and the livewell under the seat is very, very small. I would be scared to put one bass in it let alone four bass in it to keep alive for a tournament I'm going to fish. Last year all we used was a big cooler with a areator in it and it worked good and keep the fish alive, but you couldn't move at all cause it took up all the room in the middle of the boat. (console was right next to it) How many gallons of water do you need to hold four fish? I was looking for something kinda long and tall and narrow, so at least I could walk up thru the middle of the boat to help partner net or visversa. Thanks for any ideas.

I THINK BOTH KNOTS WORK PRETTY GOOD MOST OF THE TIME. BOTH HAVE THERE PLACE. :-/ :-/