battery maintenance

[Love2GoFastUSCG]

Brent,

There are other components in these rigs that are not connected to the battery switch and directly connected to the battery. Items such as propane alarm, radio memory functions and so on. So the battery switch being turned off will still result in a dead battery in a couple weeks.
It would be best if the manufacturers wired everything through the battery switch like many of us are doing.
Otherwise, its best to disconnect the battery if the rig is being stored for more than a few days.

For the Schwintek slide, its always best to hold the switch down about 3 seconds after stopping to ensure the system remains in sync.

Jim

Jim,

This is great information as I assumed (which you should never do) that the disconnect switch shut everything off. I am going to disconnect the battery from now on which it goes longer than a week in storage. Aplreciate the info.

Brent