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Wayne & Lynn Flatt

Tue, Apr 21, 2009 1:45 PM

Dang. You've got to move 4 8 d's? Your going to die of a broken back. Hire
some teenager to do that part, most of them are invincible--and disposable.

My battery system is 12 golf cart batteries as a single bank. That means it
is the start bank for both engines and the house bank. Relatively speaking;
house banks are like anchors. The only thing better then a good one is a big
one. As the man implied have a small second battery to start the genset to
charge the house bank or start the engines. My system is five years old now
and it works for me as a fulltime cruiser. Your needs may be different,
however, whatever your needs simplicity is the essence of life--and rum. Oh,
and that goes for electrical systems also.

Bones

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Dang. You've got to move 4 8 d's? Your going to die of a broken back. Hire some teenager to do that part, most of them are invincible--and disposable. My battery system is 12 golf cart batteries as a single bank. That means it is the start bank for both engines and the house bank. Relatively speaking; house banks are like anchors. The only thing better then a good one is a big one. As the man implied have a small second battery to start the genset to charge the house bank or start the engines. My system is five years old now and it works for me as a fulltime cruiser. Your needs may be different, however, whatever your needs simplicity is the essence of life--and rum. Oh, and that goes for electrical systems also. Bones _________________________________________________________________ Rediscover Hotmail.: Now available on your iPhone or BlackBerry http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Mobi le2_042009

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Brent Hodges

Tue, Apr 21, 2009 5:48 PM

My battery system is 12 golf cart batteries as a single bank. (endsnip)

I too have gone to this system. I have a single bank of 8 Golfcarts for
house, inverter, and main engine starting. I've discovered through
experimenting (not all intentional) that even if I screw up and let the
batteries get so low that the inverter goes into the low voltage shutdown,
(about 11.5 volts) my batteries still have enough juice to start my Lehman
135's. I also have the one single group 31 for genset starting that is ONLY
hooked to the genset. No way to accidentally run it down. It is the backup.
I don't necessarily recommend this system to everyone, but it works well for
me.

Brent Hodges
Friendship
43 Albin
Seabrook, tx

> My battery system is 12 golf cart batteries as a single bank. (endsnip) I too have gone to this system. I have a single bank of 8 Golfcarts for house, inverter, and main engine starting. I've discovered through experimenting (not all intentional) that even if I screw up and let the batteries get so low that the inverter goes into the low voltage shutdown, (about 11.5 volts) my batteries still have enough juice to start my Lehman 135's. I also have the one single group 31 for genset starting that is ONLY hooked to the genset. No way to accidentally run it down. It is the backup. I don't necessarily recommend this system to everyone, but it works well for me. Brent Hodges Friendship 43 Albin Seabrook, tx

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2elnav@netbistro.com

Tue, Apr 21, 2009 6:01 PM

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent Hodges" vbhodges@gmail.com

I also have the one single group 31 for genset starting that is ONLY
hooked to the genset. No way to accidentally run it down. It is the
backup.
I don't necessarily recommend this system to everyone, but it works well
for me.

REPLY
A pretty good utilization if you ask me. Some people are not comfortable
unless they have both belt and suspenders. And they would prefer to also
have redundancy as well.

I sometimes wonder how much money is spent by consumers to achieve asome
psychological comfort level. People new to a given activity are
naturally apprehensive about the unknows they will face. If their pocket
book permits they will usually opt for back-ups to the back-ups. In most
cases these people are not trained in risk assessment or risk management.
They follow the adage of better safe than sorry. The result is predictable.
Much equipment is sold to cater to this need for a feling of being safe.
However the real safety may be illusory.
This leads to double sets of batteries for everything. Not to mention
double sets of equipment.

Arild

----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Hodges" <vbhodges@gmail.com> > I also have the one single group 31 for genset starting that is ONLY > hooked to the genset. No way to accidentally run it down. It is the > backup. > I don't necessarily recommend this system to everyone, but it works well > for me. REPLY A pretty good utilization if you ask me. Some people are not comfortable unless they have both belt and suspenders. And they would prefer to also have redundancy as well. I sometimes wonder how much money is spent by consumers to achieve asome psychological comfort level. People new to a given activity are naturally apprehensive about the unknows they will face. If their pocket book permits they will usually opt for back-ups to the back-ups. In most cases these people are not trained in risk assessment or risk management. They follow the adage of better safe than sorry. The result is predictable. Much equipment is sold to cater to this need for a feling of being safe. However the real safety may be illusory. This leads to double sets of batteries for everything. Not to mention double sets of equipment. Arild

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