"Me" wrote in message ...
In article ,
Capt. Neal® wrote:

I disagree. Two 12v batteries in series to make a 24v battery will self-level
with respect to charge.

They will self level even if one is tapped to run a VHF. No harm will come
to either battery. Voltage can be likened to pressure.

I hope this helps.

CN

bullcrap.... Better to leave the Blackgang stuff to the engineers that
know what they are talking about......

Me


I'm an electrician. Don't insult me with this engineer crap. I know how
batteries work and I know circuits - particularly DC circuits.

You idiots are only correct provided there is no circuit to which the
two 12v batteries in series are connected. In any yacht I've ever
been on the batteries are part of a circuit of there would be no
use to have them aboard other than as ballast.

In Nigel's case, tapping off one of two batteries connected in series in
a circuit to run his VHF will not cause only the tapped battery to discharge
as the voltage in the circuit will be lowered and not just the voltage
in the tapped battery.

Only if the two batteries were disconnected from the circuit would
the tapped battery discharge more than the untapped battery.

C'mon, folks, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure something
this basic out.

CN

I've never known an electricain that knew much about DC. Most deal with
nothing but AC and then only know about standard codes and
techniques related to household and industrial wiring. You would
get better mileage claiming you are a neurosurgeon, Neal.


"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
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"Me" wrote in message
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In article ,
Capt. Neal® wrote:

I disagree. Two 12v batteries in series to make a 24v battery will
self-level
with respect to charge.

They will self level even if one is tapped to run a VHF. No harm will
come
to either battery. Voltage can be likened to pressure.

I hope this helps.

CN

bullcrap.... Better to leave the Blackgang stuff to the engineers that
know what they are talking about......

Me


I'm an electrician. Don't insult me with this engineer crap. I know how
batteries work and I know circuits - particularly DC circuits.

You idiots are only correct provided there is no circuit to which the
two 12v batteries in series are connected. In any yacht I've ever
been on the batteries are part of a circuit of there would be no
use to have them aboard other than as ballast.

In Nigel's case, tapping off one of two batteries connected in series in
a circuit to run his VHF will not cause only the tapped battery to
discharge
as the voltage in the circuit will be lowered and not just the voltage
in the tapped battery.

Only if the two batteries were disconnected from the circuit would
the tapped battery discharge more than the untapped battery.

C'mon, folks, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure something
this basic out.

CN

In article ,
Capt. Neal® wrote:

I'm an electrician. Don't insult me with this engineer crap. I know how
batteries work and I know circuits - particularly DC circuits.

You idiots are only correct provided there is no circuit to which the
two 12v batteries in series are connected. In any yacht I've ever
been on the batteries are part of a circuit of there would be no
use to have them aboard other than as ballast.

In Nigel's case, tapping off one of two batteries connected in series in
a circuit to run his VHF will not cause only the tapped battery to discharge
as the voltage in the circuit will be lowered and not just the voltage
in the tapped battery.

Only if the two batteries were disconnected from the circuit would
the tapped battery discharge more than the untapped battery.

C'mon, folks, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure something
this basic out.

CN

Like I stated before, if you paid any money for your electrical
education, you certainly should go back and ask for a refund,
because you didn't learn anything in DC Class......


Me

"Me" wrote in message ...
In article ,
Capt. Neal® wrote:

I'm an electrician. Don't insult me with this engineer crap. I know how
batteries work and I know circuits - particularly DC circuits.

You idiots are only correct provided there is no circuit to which the
two 12v batteries in series are connected. In any yacht I've ever
been on the batteries are part of a circuit of there would be no
use to have them aboard other than as ballast.

In Nigel's case, tapping off one of two batteries connected in series in
a circuit to run his VHF will not cause only the tapped battery to discharge
as the voltage in the circuit will be lowered and not just the voltage
in the tapped battery.

Only if the two batteries were disconnected from the circuit would
the tapped battery discharge more than the untapped battery.

C'mon, folks, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure something
this basic out.

CN

Like I stated before, if you paid any money for your electrical
education, you certainly should go back and ask for a refund,
because you didn't learn anything in DC Class......


Me

Sorry, I'm an expert yacht electrician and I used to teach 12v electrical
circuits at one time. I know of which I speak.

CN

Capt. Neal® wrote:

Sorry, I'm an expert yacht electrician and I used to teach 12v electrical
circuits at one time. I know of which I speak.

Ah, in between these other activities, no doubt?

----
1966
Enrolled in college at Oxford.
1969
Received PhD in physics, aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, vocational
agriculture and home economics. Tutored Stephen Hawking, Carl Sagan, and
Marilyn Vos Savant.
1970-1972
Served in the US Army. Location classified top secret so don't even
think about asking.
1972-1974
Raced the professional motocross circuit with the likes of the great
Joel Robert, Hans Maisch and Preston Petty.
1975-1980
Sailed and did research with Jacques Cousteau. Helped him fit out
Calypso. Helped him invent SCUBA.
1981
Bought my first sailing yacht, an old wooden lightning that had been
glassed over and weighed twice as much as it should have. Even so, I won
every race I entered by a wide margin. (Besides the Marconi rig and
tributyltin bottom paint, I have some other tricks up my sleeve that I
have yet to reveal.)
----

Plenty more bull**** at http://captneal.homestead.com/

Pete

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Sorry, I'm an expert yacht electrician and I used to teach 12v electrical
circuits at one time. I know of which I speak.

Hmm..

...this little spat looks as though the 'great' are taking on the
'good'..

.. to the consternation of those - like me - who would appreciate a
definitive answer..

Any chance of MOBbing in an expert? This thread ain't gonna go away, is
it..?

--
Keith replace nospam with ilf0rd

Keith wrote:

..this little spat looks as though the 'great' are taking on the 'good'..

.. to the consternation of those - like me - who would appreciate a
definitive answer..

Any chance of MOBbing in an expert? This thread ain't gonna go away, is
it..?


Hmmm... take a vote. One one side, we have the good captain. On the
other side, everyone else.

Andy

In article ,
Capt. Neal® wrote:

Sorry, I'm an expert yacht electrician and I used to teach 12v electrical
circuits at one time. I know of which I speak.

CN

If this is an example of your Electrical Knowlege, then all your
students should ask for Refunds as well, because they got short-changed
in Basic Electrical Theory, and Battery Theory and Chemisty.
Jeeeze Louise, I can't even imagine an Institution that would allow
an instructor to spew such "Absolute Billge", knowingly. They did fire
you for incompetance? Tell us the truth.


Me