If you don’t have any charging sources at anchor, there is no reason for it to be on.
On, without the batteries combined, it draws 15mA or 0.015 amps. Each day, it’ll take .36 amps. In a week, it’ll be 2.5 amps. After 8 weeks it’ll be just over 20 amps. Not a whole lot. If your bank is, say, 300A, that’s around 7%. That’s assuming that’s the only load. Odds are you have a automatic bilge pump and other drains going on. I would have turned it off, but you’ll probably be OK. PS - consider getting a small solar panel to sit on top of a hatch. That’ll keep all fine and the ACR will keep both banks topped off. Even a little 5W will work. All the best, Edd ———————————————- Edd M. Schillay Captain of the “Starship Enterprise” C&C 37+ | Sail No.: NCC-1701-B Venice Yacht Club | Venice Island, FL www.StarshipSailing.com ———————————————- 914.774.9767 | Mobile ———————————————- Sent via iPhone 11 Pro iPhone. iTypos. iApologize On Aug 13, 2020, at 8:46 PM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: It draws a small amount of power. I am not sure if you would notice, but I would turn it off for an 8 week stay. Joe Coquina _______________________________________________ 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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