Putting a battery that generates massive amounts of hydrogen into a boat seems like a really bad idea to me.
Jay Peltz Power > On Jul 10, 2018, at 2:34 PM, Hilton Dier <hiltond...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for all the responses. The people on this list are gold standard. I’ll > look into the various monitors. > > The batteries are SAFT (now Alcatel) STM-140 flooded NiCads. I don’t know > where these people got them, but they were surplus of some sort. They have > tested them and culled a few bad ones. > > I’m thinking they may have to rely on the mercy and understanding of the > Canadian coast guard equivalent of an AHJ. If there are no listed monitors > there should be an exemption. Ignorance of SOC is worse for safety than a > non-listed battery monitor. But that would be logical, so... > > Hilton Dier III > Renewable Energy Design > Missisquoi River Hydro LLC > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
