[Public-List] Batteries

[Joseph Balderson]

Thanks for the advise. I shall now go forth with batteries beneath the sole.
Freya will like that.
Joe B   Freya #115

On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:

> Surprise's batteries are there too... Under the after floorboard at the
> foot
> of the companionway.  She's a liner boat.
>
> Gord #426 Surprise
>
>
> On 24/07/11 6:04 PM, "mahseer at kos.net" <mahseer at kos.net> wrote:
>
> > 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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