I have a lead acid battery for starting the engine and a gel battery for all
other uses. The engine generator charges both through some sort of splitter
device. The built in shore charger also charges both. No special settings
were used and the system has worked just fine for years.
Ed Durbin (IXXIS)
On a related topic, do any of you folks use gel batteries? The battery compartment is too small to allow the use of acid retaining trays, and I'm thinking of switching to gel from conventional lead/acid batteries to avoid potential battery acid leakage into the boat.
Do gel batteries require any adjustment to the original engine alternator or the addition of a smart regulator (to prevent overcharging)?
Klaus Schaefer
Jersey Girl
Toronto
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From: Richard Canning [mailto:rcanning@dimeo.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 10:47 AM
To: olson911@SailPix.com
Subject: Re:
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With the factory original alternator I had to recharge batteries often with a battery charger. The new alternator from Hamilton-Ferris works great and puts a good charge on the batteries. It is great.
Rich Canning
> Richard , how is that alternator working out?
>
> Brendan Bracken
> Account Executive
> SunONE Software
>
> Cell:203-461-1418
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> Brendan.Bracken@Sun.com
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