[Elecraft] Batteries and solar power

[Fred Smith]

I'm very interested in your complete setup on the boat. I'm "Not" an
engineer nor a whiz in the math department but do use some of the items
discussed and always looking for ways to improve my merger station.

Thanks for your input on this topic.


73,
Fred/N0AZZ
K3 Ser # 6730--KX3 # 5210--K2/100 # 6470-KAT100
P3/SVGA--KAT500--W2
Amps Elecraft KPA500 HF/6m--Alpha's 9500 HF--87A HF--Mirage B-5030-G
300+w--(2) B-5016-G's 165w 2m

 

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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of W4GRJ
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 2:08 PM
To: mcduffie at garymcduffie.com
Cc: elecraft
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Batteries and solar power

Gary....you are incorrect, because you have no idea what the duty cycle is
on my boat. Between the 1000 watt sonar, Radar, Multi Function Display's,
vhf and hf radios, my AGM's are tested a lot more than the usual amateur
station. As an electrical engineer, I have a pretty good idea of the various
applications using batteries as E/I source and the associated mathematics. 

Jack
W4GRJ

On Nov 30, 2013, at 12:49, AG0N-3055 <mcduffie at ag0n.net> wrote:

On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 04:12:54 -0500, W4GRJ wrote:

> I live in Florida and as a fishing guide, the  4 group 27 AGM batteries on
my boat have performed perfectly now for over 4 years of almost daily use. I
have almost every piece of marine electronics and radios running on the
boat.

Which has nothing to do with this application.  A boat is like a car. In the
shack and with solar power, they charge and never have a large current
discharge put on them like a starter motor.

Gary
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