[C320-list] Battery Charging Technique

[Robert Seastream]

And I'd like to know how a 'floor' for a start battery could be 
installed just in front of the two house batteries.  Looks like there's 
enough room.

Weekend WX is calling for sun and breaking 70!

Bob Seastream
'Intuition' hull 906

On Apr 18, 2007, at 7:24 PM, Amirault Family wrote:

> All:
>
> Having recently taken delivery of 797 I am for the first time dealing 
> with having a starting battery and a large house bank (2 4Ds). The 
> problem is an effective way to maintain a charge on all of these 
> batteries. The normal course appears to be leaving the boat connected 
> to shore power when tied to the dock.
>
> I am located at a sail club, rather than a marina. There are no 
> services at individual slips. Power and water are available only at 
> the service dock, where your tie up time is expected to be short.  
> Assuming the boat has the standard charger and alternator issued in 
> 2001, and with the starting battery charge at 75% and the house 
> battery charge at 50%, what are the shore power/engine charging times 
> that I have to allow to bring these batteries back to full charge? 
> Does the question make sense?
>
> Brian Amirault
> 797 Waltzing Bear, too
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