[Public-List] Batteries

[mahseer at kos.net]

If you look at both liner and non liner boats they both locate the
batteries in this area, this is not the actual bilge where the bilge pump
is located but above this.  The non liner boat has a storage bin in the
centre and forward sections of the cabin floor, also in a liner boat the
wast holding tank is located in same area.  I have had my batteries in
this area for over 10 years with no problems except for dust and food
particles from the galley.

Hope this helps
John Boor
MAHSEER #380


> 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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