Battery Maintenence Questions

Scott Pack (scott.pack@dii.com)
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 15:44:58 -0700


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Hi All,

On my P-19 I have a marine 12V that supplies power for various peripherals.
I store the boat on trailer at a marina yard, and don't have any way to
charge the sucker, except removing it from the boat and carting it home.
Soo, my plan is to minimize the number of times I do this in a season by
installing some form of battery monitor that can keep track of the
battery's state. I have seen one such series of products from Heart
Interface, these track volts, amps, amp-hours and time remaining. How have
other people solved this problem? Alternatives to carting a heavy battery
around are enthusiastically solicited (lugging my Honda 5hp is enough) :-)
Thanks!

-Scott