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Originally Posted by Handy
Hey Bob! Same here. 2020 Outlaw, 2 months old, house batteries are dead after sitting 4 days with nothing turned on! I have solar but park it inside a garage so I have to keep it plugged in! I guess I should install the 6 volt batteries...
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There is usually some small amount of parasitic draw... unless you install a quick disconnect or battery switch to remove them completely from the 12v circuit.
That being said, make sure your Inverter is turned off as well. I now a few people who didn't realize they had their Inverter powered on while their rigs were sitting off shore power and that drained their batteries.
The prior post about discharging flooded batteries past 50% is correct. That is another reason to install a Converter / Charger that has an equalization mode that will periodically boost the charging voltage to get the sulfate off the plates and back into the acidic solution.
Moving to a Golf Cart 6V battery is a better option because those batteries are truly designed for deep discharge.
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