Next message: Jack Beale: "lv-ab: Batteries and Charging..."
On Sun, 18 Nov 2001 20:03:28 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 11/17/01 9:39:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> writes:
>
>> But Bob says, if something goes wrong in one bank, you've lost the whole 9
>> yards.
>Hey, good idea. So catamarans with twin engines should be four times better
>than a monohul with a single engine...
>
>Generally, batteries fail slowly and equally. If you have a cell go bad, the
>usual setup has two pair of six volt batteries so you can isolate on pair.
>
Well the discussion was about a house bank and a starting battery vs two
banks used also for starting. I am under the impression that Bob prefers
two banks, which is what we have.
We saw you anchored off Charleston Norm - I assume you will be down in St.
Augustine when we get there.
grandma Rosalie
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