Re: Battery Maintenence Questions

Scott Pack (scott.pack@dii.com)
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 16:04:11 -0700


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At 04:43 PM 9/27/99 -0600, Thos. Westerman wrote:
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>>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
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>For about the same cost you can get a solar power charger and never have to
>remove the battery. Check ebay under "solar panel" search. Sure would
>save you a lot of trouble.
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Well that did come to mind, however.... I live in Seattle where the sun
never shines! Okay it did shine yesterday and the day before, but pretty
soon it's going to start raining and it won't stop until July 4th.

Seriously this is a possibility, however I have questions. Where do you
mount one permanently one such that it is out of the way AND efficent?
Solar cells are very sensitive to orientation to the sun, and in my case
what little sun shines, so ideally such a mounting is 'flexible' enough to
allow repositioning. Maybe it's not an issue and enough current would flow
to keep the battery topped regardless. Thanks for the reply.

-Scott