Count me in the camp of NO! The only thing that runs when I’m not on the boat is the bilge pump (very small pump at that). I go so far as disconnecting the shore power cord. My battery monitor has yet to record 1 amp of consumed power per month and that is with a stuffing box that was dripping constantly. James Delaney 1976 C&C 38 mk 11 Oriental, NC
From: Frederick G Street via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 2:14 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Frederick G Street Subject: Re: Stus-List Shore Power Question Mike — IF your charger is set up completely correct as far as the charging regimen for the batteries you’ve got, and IF your batteries are in good shape and have the proper level of electrolyte, then you could probably leave the charger on all the time. It should go into “float” charging mode after the batteries are topped off. If, however, there are any issues with any of the above, you might cook off your electrolyte and kill your batteries. If you’ve got DC refrigeration (you and I don’t…), that should pull enough current to keep the batteries from getting over-charged. In my case, the only DC current draw my system has got when away from the boat comes from the bilge pump, and the “stay-alive” lead to the stereo; not enough to seriously deplete the batteries when I’m away. So I leave the charger off for safety (although it IS set up properly for my batteries). Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI On Sep 2, 2015, at 12:53 PM, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Fred Does it hurt to keep the battery charger on? I also have the AC powered frost plate system for refrigeration. Charger is Xantrex Truecharge 40+ multistage charger Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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