Battery charger question

[ERK419]

Hello everyone I'm new to the forum so hopefully I posted this in the right section.

I bought an inflatable boat about 5 years ago its a sevylor fishhunter 6 person boat model HF360. I've never used it so decided this year I'm gonna get it out. This is my first boat so all this is new to me. I've got a minn kota endura 30 that it came with. I went to walmart tonight and got a everstart 27dc-6 marine deep cycle battery for it.

Now my question is what charger should I get for it I don't want to end up buying the wrong charger so I thought I would ask. I have no idea what to look for. How many amp and volts etc I will need. Also if the charger has different modes not sure what mode ill want to use like slow charge, trickle, medium or fast. Id prefer one I can just go to the store and get but wil order one if need be. My last question is about the battery itself. Should I get a hydrometer or something like that to test it after and before charging? Also will I need to add water when it gets low or not and if so were do I add it at

Thanks for everyones replies

 

[partskenn]

Re: Battery charger question

12 volt for sure. If time is not an issue, a small trickle charger (1 or 2amps) would do fine, and be easy on the battery. An inexpensive voltmeter can monitor battery conditions.

 

[Peter_C]

Re: Battery charger question

I researched them fairly heavily and the Ctek always seemed to come out on top, so I bought one. It has worked well so far on a few batteries and is pretty small and water resistant. I needed one for AGM batteries, which are the best out there, but require a suitable charger.

http://www.ctek.com/EN-GB/home/default.aspx

http://www.amazon.com/CTEK-Multi-Sm...BWCY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1303759992&sr=8-2