--- In [email protected], "Richard Tanner"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neil Arlidge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > errr...if you need this you can't be doing enough cruising!
> > My 90A main alternator keeps my 660Ah of batteries charged OK
(according
> > to my Smart Guage)
>
> It is not when cruising we need to decrease the charging time. We
are a
> liveaboard and don't really want to keep on the move every day. We
tend to
> find a pleasant spot and moor up for 3 or 4 days and watch the
world go
> past.
>
> It is at these times we would like to reduce the amount of time the
engine
> runs for battery charging.
>
> We have a Beta Marine battery management system and it has been
suggested
> that this is not all it might be and could be the reason the
batteries are
> failing after a couple of years use, when we had hoped for rather
longer.
> The batteries are 6v deep-cycle, connected in series and then
parallel.
>
> Richard Tanner
> NB Cartref
>
Use less electricity!!
We can go several days without running the engine or even a week or
more.
Sue
