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From: Pascal Gademer (no email)
Date: Mon Dec 06 2004 - 09:37:23 EST
all dead? at the same time? it's a little odd isn't it? have they been
using a lot of water? charger connected 24/7 ?
have you considered golf cart batteries? that's what a previous owner used
on my boat and when I it last year, the Exide batteries were 4 years old,
always connected to the charger (older 3 stage promariner). One bank got
weak a few months ago and I replaced it with the same batteries... the other
one went last week and I'm replacing it this week.
Hatteras used a 32v system so I have 4 Exide 4800 8volt batteries which
give plenty of juice to crank the DD 8V71. the nice thing about these
bateries is their size, easy to lift in and out, and the price... $80 a
piece... $320 per bank. I have 2 banks for the mains with a selector to use
either for house duties, plus a separate 12v battery for the 18kw norpro
and another 12v (g27) with a charger to run the electronics and 12v
accessories.
I also installed a timer to run the charger 8 hours a day, hoping to extend
battery life and reduce water usage, but 4 1/2 years isn't bad for batteries
in south FL. and at $ 300 a bank, it's not a huge deal... I get them from a
local gold cart place...
pascal
1970 hatteras 53my
miami, fl
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 3:34 PM
Subject: T&T: Batteries.....
> Woke up the other morning to find ALL my start batteries dead....I use 2
> 8D's for the mains, and another 8-D for the gen set........
>
> I plan to replace em all, and have been a fan of group 31's to replace
8-D's
> with.
>
> What Im trowing out there for discussion is.."ya guys think 3 group 31's
for
> starting 2-3208 NA's, and another 31 to start the gen" will do the job?
>
> I'm also going to replace the 1979 charger with a smart one
>
> all replies welcome
>
> Sam Agajanian
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