I just got a voltmeter on the battery and it is reading 5.6 volts. So
the problem is not the switch.
Either the battery has failed (it's a one-year old "new" Yuasa out of an
industrial lighting system), or there is something about hooking up a
small gel cell to a large AGM that isn't a good thing
] On Behalf
Of laser...@juno.com
Sent: Wednesday, 15 April 2009 4:48 AM
To: kr...@mylist.net
Subject: KR> Back-up electrical system
Mike writes:
I've done the same and recently wiped out (over a 1½ week period) my smaller
battery by flipping a switch that links both the main and back-up system.
At 01:48 PM 4/14/2009, you wrote:
>Larry F. writes:
>
> > I also have a very small backup battery and electrical
> > system to power the pumps if I lose my main electrical system.
>++
>I've done the same and recently wiped out (over a 1½ week period)
"Mike" wrote:
> I've done the same and recently wiped out (over a 1½ week period) my
> smaller battery by flipping a switch that links both the main and back-up
> system.
I've been running a 17Ah main battery (later a 21Ah) with a 7Ah backup
battery for years. I keep it on a float charger all w
Mike,
I used to drive a Pontiac station wagon with a diesel... and two regular
automotive-sized batteries connected in parallel. A good system, it gave the
cranking capacity needed, but if you should do anything to "unbalance" the
battery capacity, (such as try to help by jumpstarting anoth
Larry F. writes:
> I also have a very small backup battery and electrical
> system to power the pumps if I lose my main electrical system.
I've done the same and recently wiped out (over a 1½ week period) my
smaller battery by flipping a switch that links both the main and back-up
system. I conn
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