RE: [Electric Boats] Re: Battery Balancing (again)

 

I've been using a Link10 meter for some 7yrs now…didn't bother with using a DC-DC converter, but probably should.

It's been powered by 24v of the 36v pack as the manufacturer suggests.

True, it sucks power, perhaps as much as 50ma, which could add up to 1.2Ah/day.

So, in 30 days, those cells could be down significantly.

For me, that means going out to the boat more often or accept a shorter range or bring the genset.

Better would be to install a small dedicated DC-DC for this.

I have one to install, just have been lazy.

And while there's a 36v:12v DCDC installed on the boat, as a 300w converter, it's too big for just powering the Link10…it would likely draw significantly more power from the pack than the Link10 uses now.

So if you do add a DC/DC for a power monitor like the Link10, Paktraker or others, be sure to have it be a smaller, dedicated and efficient one.

 

-mt

 

 

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