So, you have to have a charger for each battery>
From: Mark F
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] RE: practicality ?
do you have a solar for each battery?
From: R&M <fullkeel2000@yahoo.ca>
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 5:55:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] RE: practicality ?
From: R&M <fullkeel2000@yahoo.ca>
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 5:55:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] RE: practicality ?
I charge a 2 packs that are in parallel with chargers that charge each battery as a 12 volt battery. This keeps them balanced. The solar trickle keeps them topped when sitting. My packs are set up tp discharge evenly so I figure the solar should not change the balance. Richard
Larry Doyle <ldoyle@triad.rr.com> wrote:
>Speaking of charging a battery pack, how does a battery charger charge a pack that is comprised of four 12 volt batteries in series paralleled with another set of four 12 volt batteries wired in series?
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>From: jlwuja@gmail.com
>Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 1:02 PM
>To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Electric Boats] RE: practicality ?
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>Hello, Dependability? Practicality? Both, I guess, but more importantly, I fear some unforeseen calamity in which my batteries discharge to a level from which they cannot be restored. Is that a realistic concern? They thought of flushing the battery investment down the toilet is very frightening. Again, thanks for assistance. This is all new to me. John
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>---In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, <sirdarnell@...> wrote:
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>Actually a small solar panel just big enough to overcome self-discharge rates wouldn't need anything but a diode to prevent battery power back flowing to the panel.
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> ---In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, <dominic.amann@...> wrote:
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> A correctly sized solar panel with a suitable charge controller can provide safe maintenance charging for most battery setups without a hookup.
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> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:30 AM, <jlwuja@...> wrote:
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> Good Day,
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> I'm in the thought process of an electric repower of my boat. Most everything says I should convert based on numbers. One of the considerations, absenteeism, just hasn't been addressed in the sources that I've utilized.
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> So here's the question, if an boat owner can't visit a boat for periods of time that could run up to two months on occasion coupled with more frequent absences lasting several weeks, is there a better battery choice to be made?
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> In another two years or so, I should hope to be able to pay much more (almost daily) and long periods of absenteeism would virtually be eliminated.
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> Should I wait to do the repower? I have a perfectly working diesel presently.
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> Thanks for your informed responses. John
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> Dominic Amann
> M 416-270-4587
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Larry Doyle <ldoyle@triad.rr.com> wrote:
>Speaking of charging a battery pack, how does a battery charger charge a pack that is comprised of four 12 volt batteries in series paralleled with another set of four 12 volt batteries wired in series?
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>From: jlwuja@gmail.com
>Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 1:02 PM
>To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Electric Boats] RE: practicality ?
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>Hello, Dependability? Practicality? Both, I guess, but more importantly, I fear some unforeseen calamity in which my batteries discharge to a level from which they cannot be restored. Is that a realistic concern? They thought of flushing the battery investment down the toilet is very frightening. Again, thanks for assistance. This is all new to me. John
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>---In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, <sirdarnell@...> wrote:
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>Actually a small solar panel just big enough to overcome self-discharge rates wouldn't need anything but a diode to prevent battery power back flowing to the panel.
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> ---In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, <dominic.amann@...> wrote:
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> A correctly sized solar panel with a suitable charge controller can provide safe maintenance charging for most battery setups without a hookup.
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> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:30 AM, <jlwuja@...> wrote:
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> Good Day,
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> I'm in the thought process of an electric repower of my boat. Most everything says I should convert based on numbers. One of the considerations, absenteeism, just hasn't been addressed in the sources that I've utilized.
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> So here's the question, if an boat owner can't visit a boat for periods of time that could run up to two months on occasion coupled with more frequent absences lasting several weeks, is there a better battery choice to be made?
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> In another two years or so, I should hope to be able to pay much more (almost daily) and long periods of absenteeism would virtually be eliminated.
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> Should I wait to do the repower? I have a perfectly working diesel presently.
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> Thanks for your informed responses. John
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> Dominic Amann
> M 416-270-4587
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