On Fri, 8/14/15, Patrick Mcaneny sailw32@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:

Subject: Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Batteries
To: amelyachtowners@...
Date: Friday, August 14, 2015, 7:13 AM


 










Alexandre, I have three 140 watt Kyrocera
panels and a wind gen. , in six months in the Caribbean we
never had to use the generator to charge our flooded
batteries. The solar provided much more power than the wind
gen. , but the combination normally provides power around
the clock, however quite often the wind gen. provided very
little to no measurable amps. My boat is on a mooring and
the batteries are 100% charged , with a float charge
provided through the regulator. Pat SM 123

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Alexandre Uster von Baar uster@...
[amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...>

To: amelyachtowners
<amelyachtowners@...>

Sent: Thu, Aug 13, 2015 9:56 am

Subject: Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Batteries










 









Good morning,



Currently I have 8 of the traditional deep cycle flooded
batteries, which is ok, since I spend a large amount of time
in Marinas because of my work.



Therefore, I might start to spend more time at anchor.

From sailing experience I know the genset doesn’t fully
charge the batteries.

So will consider solar panels.

Does anyone have input in this solution?

Also for those using solar panels, did you keep the same
flooded batteries or did you change them with AGM, or else?




Thanks in advance, sincerely, Alexandre

SM2K #289 NIKIMAT

Taino Beach, Grand Bahama































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