I know a professional on the bass circuit and he told me that you DO NOT want to leave your batteries hooked up all the time. He said the reasons is that the battery charger will drain the water out of your cells and ruin it over a prolonged period of time. He explicity said that it does not matter what type battery or charger that you are using. I have forgotten and left mine on charge for a week but that's about as long as I have done it.
Since I don't leave mine on charge all the time I have no real experience if it's actually true but I know the guy personally and don't think he would shoot me the bull.
I have 2 bank charger one for my trolling battery and one for my starting battery. Both fish finders are hooked to the starting battery and I don't run alot so that's the reason.
The Hound
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