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From: Robert Pelton (no email)
Date: Mon Dec 06 2004 - 11:49:36 EST
When does one add water. I recently bought this boat and both banks'
batteries were all low on water (about a pint per filler cap).
Is it just regular tap water that is added?
Thanks for the replies.
Bob
>>> "Pascal Gademer" <> 12/06/04 9:37 AM >>>
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 -----
From: <>
To: <>
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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