Richard J Kinch wrote:
gudmundur writes:
So how the hell is it
'Regulating'? I seem to find there is NO regulation at all, and often
find my battery voltage above 15 volts. This seems like a poor design,
and hard on batteries also.
You must think in terms of current, not voltage, when it comes to such
issues. Did you measure the current?
You trust the voltmeter? Has it been calibrated?
The *battery* regulates the voltage from any current-limited source, and
small outboard alternators are typically quite limited in current
delivery (5 or 10 amps, less at higher voltages). Unlikely that the
alternator could deliver enough current at an elevated voltage to be
"hard" on the battery.
Fully charging a 12 volt lead-acid battery requires around 16 volts.
Hard on your battery? Easy enough to test with an ammeter. Get the
battery fully charged, run the engine for a while, and measure the
charging current after it levels off. A big battery can take quite a
few amps in, on top of a full charge, and not be harmed.
"Hard on a battery" is a 100 amp automotive alternator sticking on the
high voltage. That will cook a battery.
With Richard on this, the older 2 stroke "charging" systems had no
regulator as such & yes could show a high voltage on a voltmeter,
however they also put out bugger all power (being a combination of volts
& amps). A few amps & as Richard alludes it takes voltage AND amps to
cook a battery, so don't over react.
Clams confirms as much when he suggests if you turn the nav lights on
the voltage drops & the nav lights are what??? 3 amps??? so even a load
of 3 amps can kill the output of the under flywheel charging systems,
it's not going to harm your battery with such a low power output.
K
So the Krause lie of the day is this thread where he denies being a
stalker & below are just a few of his posts where he admits it!!!!
Just a couple of Madcow's complaints against Krause, she was an open
honest & smart woman of great value to the NG so of course Krause had to
set about doing all he could to get rid of her, sadly because some of
you cowardly men are too chicken hearted to call him, in her case he
succeeded.
She covered his behaviour over time in this post;
Not so funny if he were to publish your real name on a newsgroup,
threaten to shoot you on sight, claim he prowls the Baltimore harbor
looking for my boat, and lives within a short driving or boating
distance of where I live. Not to mention all the stories he's made
up about me, including accusations of fraud to get government money.
Well, bb, would you consider the following to be 'stalking'?
Krause's answer is the typical stalker sexual deviants answer of; "it's
her fault she didn't protect herself from me enough" He's scum,
dangerous lying scum.
Dolores published her name, address and telephone number on her USPS
chapter web page. It was there for quite a while, along with photos of
Dolores, her boat and her boat's numbers. She's also published the name
of her marina, the name of her apartment condo building, its location
and much more. She directed readers here to visit her USPS web page, so
I did.
I haven't looked at it for a long, long time, but I suspect it no longer
shows her address and phone number.
Well, since MadCow kept her boat in a busy boater harbor area I
frequent, and she described both her marina and condo tower in great
detail, it didn't take much to see her on her boat once. Now *that* was
scary. And I certainly did save her posts. She's a litigious ass, and
you neve
and she described both her marina and condo tower in great
detail
Oh...my dislike for Kow stemmed from her disclosure that she purchased a
boat with the proceeds from a settlement from a trumped-up sexual
harassment case.
So beware; this is not just some lying union bully he is a
genuinely dangerous piece of crap.
K
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