Advice: Managing batteries on a boat
A flat battery at the boat ramp can ruin your day. Here are Hook, Line and Sinker's top tips to ensure this never happens to youYou don't need to forget the bungs to get that sinking feeling at the boat ramp. You know the one; you turn the key in the ignition and instead of the outboard engine whirring and then sparking into life, it's a few clicks and whirs and then ... nothing.
The smart way to prepare a boat's battery system for your next trip out on the water starts as soon as it returns to home base and you put it on a trickle charger.
Boat electronics are becoming more sophisticated and energy-hungry, so choosing the right battery set-up for your boat is important.
Your energy needs, and balance, becomes even more vital once you introduce multiple battery set-ups to a boat.
Here, Hook, Line and Sinker hosts Andrew Hart and Nick Duigan take you through some of the more important parts of caring for your battery system, including a display of what can happen if it all goes wrong.
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