"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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Unless you're all using submarine 6250AH cells, I doubt you'll ever see
100A coming out of a 100A charger, especially these new computerized-charge
models.

Nonsense. I have 425 Amp-hours (4 6-Volt golf cart batteries). My Heart 2000
always puts out 100 Amps even if the batteries are only moderately discahrged.

If the battery is THAT dead, there's no sense charging it.

Wow, I've been running 5 years now on dead batteries! Amazing!

Run
the batteries down to what you normally do, then watch the charging current
curve on that 100A charger.

100 Amps, bang on.

1200 watts will simply boil the electrolyte in
a lead acid battery that cannot dissapate that much heat (the batteries in
these boats).

When I charge with the alternator thats at about 80 Amps. I do have to check
the water every month, but in 5 years it hasn't "boiled off."

Sounds great in the sales brochure and if you turn every
light in the boat on you might get it up to 50A, but that isn't reality.

You have to get out more, Larry.



If you boys want to see a hard charger, there's an original equipment Amel
40A manual charger in my stepvan service truck out of my buddy's Amel
Sharki ketch. IT will boil any battery you have in a couple of hours,
right out the top caps on every cell. That thing is DANGEROUS.

Glad to be back on r.b.c, by the way. Had a great time in Florida cruising
and in the Gulfstreamer Race from Daytona to Charleston out in the gulf
stream. We had the Amel Sharki heavy old cruising ketch up over 12 knots
with the help of the Gulf Stream....(c;

I did 14 knots once ... in the Cape Cod Canal.