Fred,
Thanks (and thanks to all who have provided advice and diagrams — LOVE
this f-in list!!)
So here’s my concern, which may be a non-issue because I’m not
understanding it correctly:
As I understand it, the Echo charger will transfer charge to another
bank when the primary bank is full (correct?) Since I mainly run the engine for
20 minutes or so powering out to a start line on a Wednesday Night, and if 20
minutes is not enough time to effectively charge the house bank, would the
starting battery then not get charged? And if so, would I not eventually drain
the starting battery to the point that I can’t start the engine without
combining?
All the best,
Edd
Edd M. Schillay
Starship Enterprise
C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
City Island, NY
Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/>
> On Jan 30, 2015, at 4:49 PM, Frederick G Street <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Edd — it’s best with this kind of setup to have ALL the charging sources go
> to the larger house bank, then use the combiner or EchoCharge to keep the
> start battery topped off.
>
> Fred Street -- Minneapolis
> S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^(
>
> On Jan 30, 2015, at 3:32 PM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>> My solar panel regulator has two outputs, so I could conceivably have one go
>> to the house and the other go to the engine battery (or maybe I shouldn’t??)
>
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