My normal cruising mode is to load the reefer with 60-75 lbs of ice and only
use the battery-powered refrigeration when the engine is running. Because the
refrigeration (a 35 year old Adler-Barbour Cold Machine) is by far the largest
user of amp hours aboard, I can often go up to a week without running the
engine except for anchoring duties or the occasional safety maneuvers. The
ice lasts over two weeks in this mode and my house bank can be kept at a
reasonable size (about 400 AH using four T-105s). I have only a small (1000 W)
inverter for occasional use. Of course I can use the house bank if no ice is
available or convenient (sometimes a problem in far downeast Maine), but I
still like to use ice most of the time. And the beer is always cold (we must
have our priorities appropriately ordered!).
Alan
Alan Lewis
"Victoria"
Gulfstar 41 #160
Lying Kittery, ME
K1ALL
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:45:05 -0500
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Battery Explosions
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_
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> > > Key Largo, Fl.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
>
>
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