Alan: That's a clever use for a combiner, but I'm just curious about why you wouldn't want your refrigerator to continue to run off the batteries or the inverter, even while the batteries aren't getting a charge. It seems to me that that's what the house bank is there for. Also, wouldn't your method involve a major risk of the beer getting warm? YIKES!!!!!!!
Phil McGovern s/v Sunshine PDQ 36 On Dec 31, 2007 7:21 AM, Alan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another great use for the battery combiner is to automatically disconnect > devices when the engine is not running and the batteries are not being > charged. I use one in my reefer circuit to turn off the reefer when the > engine isn't running so I don't have to manually shut it down; when the > voltage drops below charging levels, the circuit is opened and the reefer is > shut down. I use the smaller of Ann-Marie's two combiner for this job; I > use the large one to combine battery banks. > > Alan > "Victoria" > Gulfstar 41 #160 > Lying Kittery, ME > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:25:44 -0500 > > > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Battery Explosions > > > > > > > > A Combiner, invented by Ann-Marie on this list, is a smart relay that > hooks > > up between two banks of batteries, such as my house batteries and my > > starting battery, and connects the two together whenever one is being > > charged and there is enough power available to charge both banks. > > > > It is like turning your battery switch to "all" at the appropriate time > to > > charge all your vessel's batteries, and then turning it back after the > > charging power is off, all automatically. > > > > > > > > Norm > > S/V Bandersnatch > > Lying Julington Creek FL > > 30 07.72N 081 38.4W > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Date: 12/30/2007 4:50:10 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Battery Explosions > > > > > > Norm, > > > > > > Pardon my ignorance but what is a "Combiner"? > > > > > > Tom > > > Atlantic Beach, Fla. > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I had one explode in the bilge. My then Gas boat Gas generator would > > not > > > > start, I was young, I kept cranking it, and cranking it , and bang, > it > > exploded. > > > > Gases were all over the bildge. I suppose it exploded from over > > cranking? > > > > > > > > I was lucky. > > > > > > > > > > > > See you on the Waterway > > > > Capt. Sterling > > > > > > > > > > > > MV _SterlingLadyIII_ > > (http://floridakeys.homestead.com/sterlingladyIII.html ) > > > > Key Largo, Fl. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > > > > ( http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Liveaboard mailing list > > [email protected] > > To adjust your membership settings over the web > > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > > > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > ------------------------------ > Don't get caught with egg on your face. Play Chicktionary! Check it > out!<http://club.live.com/chicktionary.aspx?icid=chick_wlhmtextlink1_dec> > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html >
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