I'm sure those of you with a better understanding of electrical theory than I (like Peter B) will correct this, but my understanding is that there is a...
I'd just add the rule of thumb is for alternator output to be 1/4 of battery bank Amp hour capacity. Keith Bystrom 'Jessie Lee' 33' Puget Trawler Seattle To:...
I replaced my Motorola alternator many years ago with a Balmar 100 amp. It has about 5,000 hours on it. (There is a Balmar website.) At any rate it's hanging...
I eagerly headed down to the marina at 8:00 in the morning only to find out that the starter battery was kaput. By the time I figured out it was the battery...
Something else to think about is how much wear and tear do you want to put on the alternator compared to a device you may already have which is designed for...
Amen to the e-meter Sandy. I installed one & it is checked and logged first get up in the AM, Cocktail time & last thing before lights out when we are on the...
sorry to hear you were lonely. We live on False Creek, and I always though maybe it was noisy at night out there on the hook. BTW Port Graves has a water taxi...
Ken, Makes sense...as usual! I'm not sure I mentioned in my e-mail that on our typical three day trip, I have not had to run the engine, and thus, the...
Van, the book says that they came with 55 amp alternators originally. I would bet that none of us has the original alternator on their boat. It's possible that...
... The Honda will produce 13.3 Amps at 120VAC - that should allow the inverter/charger to produce 80 amps or so DC charging current, if I recall correctly (I...
Dale, you are undercharged. Those isolators have diodes in them which drop about 0.75 volts, so at 13V you will only see 12.25 on the meter. If the Xantrex has...
Well, that's a horse of a different breed. I was assuming 13.3 amps @ 12v not 110. Ken Buck 40 Puget Trawler Puyallup, WA In a message dated 9/1/2011 7:08:47...
So I went and re-read Vans post and it looks like he has an older Lewco charger, not an inverter/charger? If it is just a Lewco charger for his charging...
Ken, Strange, but I have a charger in my inverter, only it was never hooked up by the previous owner or myself. As I said earlier, the 65 amp alternator I...
Interesting. I wonder why they didn't hook up the charging side of the inverter and take back some real estate by eliminating the Lewco charger? I guess the...
Hi Andy, I got 11 years of use out of four Trojan L 16 HC deep cycle Batteries. (20 hour rate 395 each) Replaced them 3 years ago with the same thing. (took...
Sandy, I use L16's, four of them. I was surprise to see they're almost 9 years old when I checked records. I too, am very careful about discharging below 50%....
Does anyone know the proper starter solenoid to replace with? I am talking about the unit that is actually on the starter, not the external one. My heat...
The ford starter solenoid looking unit that sits on the little shelf looking thingy, is called a starter relay solenoid assy and is part number D1265. The...
I installed six 6v Sears deep discharge golf cart batteries in 1998, so have had 14 years so far and still going strong. They were $49 each in 1998. Bill Wells...
I was also discouraged with wimpy battery charging from my Motorola 55 amp alternator, which I believe was standard on many CHB's. Last year I did a study of...
The factory book and Am Diesel say to use bronze bolts. This is a bad spot for corrosion, so don't use anything else!!!!! Ken L 37' CHB "Big Easy" Garibaldi...
Norm...just got home from a couple of weeks cruising to read this email. We have a very similar system with the 90 amp alternator, 4 Trojan T 105 and a...
from you description that you put load on your system you may be correct. drop the microwave and the vacuum from the system for awhile and see how you make...
