[Public-List] Batteries

[John Birch]

Yes 4

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Balderson" <joebinc at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Public-List] Batteries


> Did you use a total of 4 6volt T105 batteries?
>
> On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 1:04 PM, John Birch <Sunstone at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>
>> I managed to get 9 years out of my T105 Golf Carts and highly recommend
>> them - mine were Trojans
>>
>> I replaced them with 2 x L16 6V 435 AMP in series. I have the height with
>> an A-37. The batteries live below the floor boards, where it is much 
>> cooler
>> - cooler is a friend to batteries. The starting battery is a standard 12V
>> high cap starting bat and is held in reserve. I installed a True Charge 
>> 40
>> smart charger with equalizing and temp monitor features when using shore
>> power and a solar panel to hold them charged.
>>
>> I have yet to do the 12 volt multi stage thing - but its on the list.
>>
>> We charge the batteries every three weeks min when not in use year round.
>>
>> For an A-30 - T105s are probably just about perfect.
>>
>> Depending on your situation (dock or mooring) you do need a good charging
>> system, either AC or DC - or your investment in batteries will be short
>> lived.
>>
>> Best of luck
>>
>> John
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Balderson" <joebinc at gmail.com>
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>> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 11:35 AM
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>>
>>
>>
>>  Jim,
>>>   Where have you located the battery bank? I am at the point in my 
>>> rebuild
>>> where I am putting in the floor timbers and I need to know if putting 
>>> the
>>> battery bank beneath the cabin sole is a good idea. Jim Mahseer kindly
>>> sent
>>> me photos of the finished job that he did installing beneath the cabin
>>> sole
>>> and it look pretty good. But I still have a feeling, left over from my
>>> wooden boat days, of dread when I put electrics in the bilge. Do I have 
>>> a
>>> legitimate concern? He also uses 6 volt batteries in series. What's the
>>> consensus on installing the battery bank below the sole?  ^volt vs 12
>>> volt?
>>> Joe B
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 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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