[Public-List] Batteries

Richard Mair fullkeel2000 at yahoo.ca
Wed Mar 18 15:51:20 PDT 2009






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Today's Topics:

   1. chainplate stainless steel alloy (David Tessier)
   2. Re: chainplate stainless steel alloy (Jonathan Adams)
   3. Re: chainplate stainless steel alloy (Stephen Sousa)
   4. Bahamas Cruise (Bob Norway)
   5. Re: Bahamas Cruise (George Dinwiddie)
   6. Batteries (Roger L. Kingsland)
   7. Re: Batteries (John Birch)
   8. Re: Batteries (Jeffrey)


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We replaced our batteries this summer. The golf cart 6Vs ran out of cycle life after 18 months of live aboard use.
 We went for Lifeline AGMs. They come with a prorated 5 year warranty. You have to watch the charging voltage as too high a voltage will  damage them.They are not cheap but on salt water safer than wet cells. Gels are not much cheaper and are even more easily damaged by too high a charging voltage.  Ours are charged with a wind gen. and 45 watts of solar both regulated. While living on the boat we had to charge from shore power about 3 times in the summer. After leaving Halifax the wind and solar kept us charged on the trip down the east coast. 
     A word on our power consumption though we have LED nav lights and can run 3 nights without charging and still not be at 50% discharge.

609 Into The Blue
Richard and Margaret
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Hi All,

I am in the market for new batteries and could sure use some advice.  Deep
cell, wet cell, sealed cell, gel cell, jail cell, absorbed glass matt - what
the heck.

I have a Universal 18 diesel (I will check alternator size) and a new
battery charger (I will check on maker & model), a really neat electrical
panel with built in volt meter and a big red switch labeled 1, 2, all & off.
I also have a refrigerator (Norcold?) and plan on having standard stuff like
VHF, stereo, GPS, instruments, air conditioning and table saw (just kidding
on the last 2).  I suppose I will also need running lights and an auto
pilot.  Sounds like a set up for costal cruising?  I also thought it would
be cool to run a small microwave from an inverter but could run that on
shore power if it's too much.  

I like the idea of zero maintenance (gel or glass?) and wonder if I need a
separate starting battery and house battery or if 2 houses will do (with 2
cats in the yards).  Any suggestions or feedback would be greatly
appreciated.  Are there any "Sailboat Electronics for Dummies" books I
should read.

Thanks so much,

Roger 148  



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A pair of T-105 Golf Cart Batteries - Trojan is a good make

Best bang per amp

ATB

John

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>
> Hi All,
>
> I am in the market for new batteries and could sure use some advice.  Deep
> cell, wet cell, sealed cell, gel cell, jail cell, absorbed glass matt - 
> what
> the heck.
>
> I have a Universal 18 diesel (I will check alternator size) and a new
> battery charger (I will check on maker & model), a really neat electrical
> panel with built in volt meter and a big red switch labeled 1, 2, all & 
> off.
> I also have a refrigerator (Norcold?) and plan on having standard stuff 
> like
> VHF, stereo, GPS, instruments, air conditioning and table saw (just 
> kidding
> on the last 2).  I suppose I will also need running lights and an auto
> pilot.  Sounds like a set up for costal cruising?  I also thought it would
> be cool to run a small microwave from an inverter but could run that on
> shore power if it's too much.
>
> I like the idea of zero maintenance (gel or glass?) and wonder if I need a
> separate starting battery and house battery or if 2 houses will do (with 2
> cats in the yards).  Any suggestions or feedback would be greatly
> appreciated.  Are there any "Sailboat Electronics for Dummies" books I
> should read.
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Roger 148
>
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:52:35 -0400
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I just went through this, and like John concluded that 6v golf cart
batteries wired in series was easily the most cost effective setup. I've got
two 6v under the cabin sole for the house, and some such marine whatever
battery in the stb. lazarette for starting.  Trojans are kind of expensive
now compared with other brands. I can't remember the details exactly, but
this fall I bought two Sears 6v golf cart batteries for $99 each. The Sears
batteries are actually made by US battery, a good brand.

-jeff



On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Roger L. Kingsland <r.kingsland at ksba.com>wrote:

>
> Hi All,
>
> I am in the market for new batteries and could sure use some advice.  Deep
> cell, wet cell, sealed cell, gel cell, jail cell, absorbed glass matt -
> what
> the heck.
>
> I have a Universal 18 diesel (I will check alternator size) and a new
> battery charger (I will check on maker & model), a really neat electrical
> panel with built in volt meter and a big red switch labeled 1, 2, all &
> off.
> I also have a refrigerator (Norcold?) and plan on having standard stuff
> like
> VHF, stereo, GPS, instruments, air conditioning and table saw (just kidding
> on the last 2).  I suppose I will also need running lights and an auto
> pilot.  Sounds like a set up for costal cruising?  I also thought it would
> be cool to run a small microwave from an inverter but could run that on
> shore power if it's too much.
>
> I like the idea of zero maintenance (gel or glass?) and wonder if I need a
> separate starting battery and house battery or if 2 houses will do (with 2
> cats in the yards).  Any suggestions or feedback would be greatly
> appreciated.  Are there any "Sailboat Electronics for Dummies" books I
> should read.
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Roger 148
>
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