Yes. It will lose power. Set your battery on a wood board on top of concrete and you will be better off.
Does setting your trolling motor on a concrete floor to charge really hurt the battery?
Yes. It will lose power. Set your battery on a wood board on top of concrete and you will be better off.
i used to deliver to a battery company(exide dealer) they stored all their batteries on pallets. i asked them about the battery on concrete deal. i had always heard it would discharge them. they said they stored them on pallets so they would not have to lift them. they also said sitting on concrete should not hurt the batteries. but why take the chance? i always sit my batteries on a piece of wood just to be safe.
Sitting the battery on concrete will not cause it to discharge faster but if you sit it down hard the concrete does not give like a wooden pallet and may stress the battery internally more than placing on a wooden pallet.
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That hasn't been true since they stopped using that old black stuff for battery casings. But I still use wood out of habit.
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Bill H. PTC USN Ret
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According to paragraph 10.1 in this factoid http://www.marine-electronics.net/te..._faq/b_faq.htm.... concrete will not discharge a battery.
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Old times/technology - yes. Current times/technology - no.
Jeff
Skeeter Jeff
Indianapolis, IN
it may not discharge the battery but concret changes temp. pretty quick when the outside temp changes. and that cant be to good on one. but i do agree with asklouis if you happen to drop it the concrete is not to forgiving. i use wood also.
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the concrete does not discharge the battery---i was also told that the lead plates inside need to be warm to take a good charge and i hit mine with a hour or two of a high charge to warm them up and then put it on slow charge
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mine sit on the floor of the garage a lot and no problems It takes current draw to quickly discharge a battery, I have a battery sitting on the concrete by the back door of the barn with a 12v ligh on it and it works for ever, and I only turn it on once in a while.