I've been researching trolling motor batteries these past two weeks and today I made the call. Once I saw the comments about Deka in Madison I gave them a quick call. I talked to Scott for about twenty minutes yesterday and he gave me a lot of good advice and information that was very helpful regarding battery care and upkeep. I thought I was doing the right thing with my charger that would trickle once full charge was reached and Scott educated me on the correct way. I certainly knew a lot less than I thought I did about chargers. What Farley posted earlier is exactly right. I drove to Madison today (easy ride - about 35 minutes from Frankliln). Scott set me up with a new 31 group trolling battery with storage box and an on board charging system that's FULLY automatic. This way, when the battery is fully charged, the charger will shut completely off and not restart unless the battery sits so long that it loses a bit of charge. I am fully confident that my set up will now handle anything I ask of it and I don't have to carry around my old charger. Thanks to everyone that replied to the original poster's question, very helpful.
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