About standard DELPHI freedom marine(calcium) batteries I am now wondering if to replace or not all of them. They are in good shape but working from 1/1/2004. The next november 2007 I think to across the Atlantic and I wish full power on board. Every suggestion will be appreciated, thanks to all, Giovanni TESTA EUTIKIA, SM2000 # 428 --- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, "John and Anne on Bali Hai" <annejohn@...> wrote:
I am no expert in this area but if I had the problem I would be
very
very worried. There is clearly at least one fault somewhwere in
the
electrics be it battery, alternators, regulators, battery chargers or defective wiring with intermitent connections. You were very lucky to have caught the problem just in time before you had a fire on board and you got away with acid deposits, no explosions from hydrogen release, no lung damage from sulphurous acid fumes etc. If it was me I would find a top class electrician and get his diagnosis and cure. If he cannot find the cause get another expert. You are probably aware that every year there are boats burnt out whilst on the hard as well as in a marina as a result of mains
being
left connected to charge the batteries and when they become defective they over heat. On an entirely different point I recently had problems with one of my batteries and never understood why Delphi claim that you can
see
the health of one of their batteries by looking at the little
window
which should be green in a perfect world. I thought that this was
B
S until the electrician scraped off the protective film from the windows and all was revealed!
