Hi Norm, Other than your Delco and Chrysler comments I don't agree with anything said on the list about this subject. Balmar is just a rip off outfit trying to take advantage of inexperienced folks willing to pay $300 for a product (ie: Balmar's stupid ARS 5 regulator) performing no useful functionality that a $20 Mopar regulator could not perform. One of your 80C thermal switches for the exhaust system or whatever you were using them for would work great to protect the alternator as well. (for a lot less than $300 too). The bottom line is, I do not know why but cruisers are not interested about equilizing their batteries. I asked this very list if anybody while underway would be interested in a product that would allow them to shut down their engine after a bulk charge when the alternator output drops to say 80% of bulk charge current yet still be able to equlize their battery? There was exactly zero interest to the question. So why should any cruiser invest $300 in the rip off company Balmar to equilize their batteries using the alternator? Fair question? Fair winds. Ahmet
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:46:19 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] AGM battery questoin > > > > The perfect setup might be a Delco internally regulated alternator to keep > the starting battery topped up, plus a large (150-200 Amp) externally > regulated unit for the house battery. > > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > > > > > Just a personal opinion: internally regulated alternators and > > live-aboard boats are kinda like matter and anti-matter. Yeah, you *can* > > get energy out of the combination, but you might also accidentally > > destroy the world. :) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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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