Assuming I understand your question correctly - Leave the ACR off. This ensures that if one of the batteries has a lingering load that it won't drain both batteries.
Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Thu, Aug 13, 2020, 20:30 Charlie Nelson via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I moved my boat to a nearby anchorage to avoid having to drive to the > marina to do the same for every storm coming this August/September. (My > club requires that boats be out of their slips when a hurricane warning is > issued for our county in NC). > > Since I don't have solar/wind, at anchor there is no charging source for > my batteries (start and house), which are installed with an ACR. > > I am uncertain whether I should have switched the ACR OFF (or not) but I > decided to leave it in its normal ON position when I left the boat, > assuming that it draws very little current, if any, when no charge source > is available. > > I won't be back to the boat until the middle of September (or later > depending on the storms) so it will have been at anchor for about 6-8 > weeks. > > My question is should I have turned the ACR OFF or is it OK (for 8 weeks > or so) in the ON position without a charging source? > > Charlie Nelson > Water Phantom > C&C 36 XL/kcb > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > >
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