[Public-List] Batteries

[Gordon Laco]

Hello Jim and Jonathan -

Aboard Surprise we use a similar regimen but I think our batteries are not
isolated properly.  I have to figure out how to fix that.  I have a battery
isolator but have never installed it.

Gord #426 Surprise




On 24/07/11 10:26 AM, "Jim Davis" <a30240 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Jonathan
> 
> This answer won't go over well with the Gel crowd, but I had good success with
> a pair of Group 27 flooded deep cycle batteries from Sam's Club.  Noticeably
> less expensive than the marine stores.
> 
> They gave me ten good years of service and I used the stock regulator.  In
> that Sandy and I were in the cruising mode we probably had more drain on
> them,but we never ran short.
> 
> My normal procedure was to start the engine in the "All" position and in the
> evening shift to just one battery.  I used the "Odd/Even" method.  If the date
> was even, I used battery 2.
> 
> With our current boat thing are a bit different.  I have about 450 AH in the
> house bank, but I also have a larger electric consumption.  Even so I usually
> start on the house bank and only use the starting battery if the house bank
> won't do the job (three days at anchor).  I still haven't spent the money on a
> fancy regulator.
> 
> Jim Davis
> S/V Isa Lei
> 
> "Coffee tastes better if the latrines are dug downstream from the encampment."
> US Army Field Regulations - 1861
> 
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