Edd, I made a few videos regarding the charging and discharging properties of lead acid batteries. Some of them ran a little long, sorry. Properties of Lead Acid Batteries #1 - Surface charge - https://youtu.be/vbsFt5aaLOU Properties of Lead Acid Batteries #2 - Discharge Amp-Hours - https://youtu.be/wfx-i7_AKw4 Properties of Lead Acid Batteries #3 - Charging Amp-Hours - https://youtu.be/PvT-I4WtgPU
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 12:23 PM Edd Schillay via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Listers, > > Last year, I installed a Blue Sea battery monitor and I’m a little > perplexed about the readings I am seeing. > > Last night, before an amazing fireworks display at Hempstead Harbor > (thanks to fellow Lister Neal Gallagher for the guest mooring), I looked at > the display. Out of the 450 amp hours in the House bank, we had used around > 6 amps between using the electric head, cell phone charging, etc. for > several hours — with the display showing 99% capacity. But the voltage was > showing 12.38, which I understand to mean closer to 75%. > > Someone on a YouTube video said that the Voltage reading is not really the > one to go by, as the voltage will increase when you start switching things > off. > > Is that all true? Is what I’m seeing normal? Can one of you Amperage Aces > or Voltage Vixens explain this to me? (Please keep it simple - way too much > Romulan Ale and Klingon Blood Wine flowing last night.) > > - Confused on City Island > > All the best, > > Edd > > -------------------------------—- > Edd M. Schillay > Captain of the “Starship Enterprise” > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > Venice Yacht Club | Venice, FL > www.StarshipSailing.com > ----------------------------------- > 914.774.9767 | Mobile > ----------------------------------- > > > Sent via iPhone X > iPhone. iTypos. iApologize > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > -- When security matters. http://www.secure-my-email.com
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