Re: New 175 am alternator
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ianjenkins1946 <ianjudyjenkins@hotmail.com>
Hi Karen,
Good to read. We have also found over the years that our main engine alternator is a very efficient means of charging. It would be really useful if you could add your boat name and number so people can see what year your SM was built--in this case we would
then know the size of engine you have and the number of batteries.
Ian and Judy, Pen Azen, SM 302 Kilada, Greece
From: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> on behalf of Karen Smith via groups.io <karenharmonie@...>
Sent: 31 October 2020 14:57 To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io <main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io> Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] New 175 am alternator This isn't advice, just our experience.
Our boat was one of what seems to have been few SMs that were delivered with the "standard" 50 Amp alternator. For the way we use our boat, that has been completely sufficient. It supplies all the power we need when motoring, with enough left over to run the watermaker, or top off the batteries. It's rare that we leave an anchorage with less than 80% charge in our batteries, so we are not normally asking the main engine alternator to deliver very much in the way of charge. If we actually need to bulk charge the batteries while underway, we use the generator. |
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