At first, I could not understand the replies to Sterling Lady as they ran contrary to my experience and some, frankly, sounded crazy. Then it dawned on me, I had answered a question from a fellow trawler owner while others (except for Norm and Lew) had decided to ignore the original question and vent their ideas about how to charge a sailboat's batteries.
I used to own sailboats and now understand why some responded the way they did. However, for those of us who run their engine(s) all day, we fight heat and sometimes have the ability to overcharge. I suggest that both trawler owners and sailboat owners study Steve Dashew's blog. http://setsail.com/and explore his experience and engineering experiments with battery charging. Like Lew, he uses Leece-Neville alternators with external, multi-stage regulators. He also points out that it is important to keep the regulators as cool as possible and use dual temperature sensors for both batteries and alternators. Dashew has years of experience with both sailboats and now, his unsailboat. Since I have read language that I view as disrespectful, I'll respond by saying that at least one of you doesn't know poo and reveals that in excruciating and rude detail. Anybody who services a housebank with an internal regulator is foolish. Such an arrangement is OK for batteries designated as starting batteries by the manufacturer. They are designed to take the resulting abuse. Ron Rogers 1985 Willard 40 Trawler
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