I use 4 6 volt golf cart batteries on Expresso for the house (2 in series / the pairs wired in parallel). They usually last me 9 or 10 years. It's a good solution. I use a 12 volt battery for the start battery. I use a battery combiner to charge them.
Gary S/V Expresso Sent from my iPhone. ~~~_/)~~~ > On Dec 14, 2014, at 3:18 PM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Listers, > > I know the battery topic has been discharged (pun intended) quite a bit, but > I've been hearing about people using chained 6V Golf Cart batteries as a > preferred alternate to the Marine 12Vs for the house bank. > > Has anyone tried this? If so, how many do you use? 4? 6? 8? Any problems? > Happy with the results? > > 4.5 months to the relaunch....... > > All the best, > > Edd > > ------------------------------- > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > www.StarshipSailing.com > ------------------------------- > Sent from my iPad Air > iPad. iTypos. iApologize > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
