Good point. Switch lead ballast to battery capacity for those that need it. God Bless - Ross 10&2 On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:03 AM, L. Bruce Jones <bruce@ussubmarines.com> wrote: > We put up to 150 tons of batteries aboard our luxury submarines, > which amounts to about 10% of displacement. As long as they are not > allowed to overheat we expect about 2500 deep cycle charges. We > literally can run for days submerged or sit on the bottom for weeks > with just hotel load. > > No one is recreating the wheel here. It's all older tried and true > technology. In my view there is no reason to run a generator at > anchor unless you are there for a protracted period of time or you > have a very weight sensitive vessel. > -- > ======================================================================= > L. Bruce Jones U.S. SUBMARINES, INC. > CEO POSEIDON UNDERSEA RESORTS LLC > U.S. SUBMARINE STRUCTURES LLC TRITON SUBMARINES LLC > Tel: 208/687-9057 Fax: 208/441-7478 > E-mail: bruce@ussubmarines.com http://ussubs.com > http://tritonsubs.com http://poseidonresorts.com > > Design and construction of the world's best submarines and submersibles > Developing the world's first sea floor resorts & residences > ======================================================================= > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking-under-power > > To unsubscribe send email to > passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Passagemaking Under Power and PUP are trademarks of Water World Productions, formerly known as Trawler World Productions.