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Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

09-09-2018, 16:41

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Which battery for windlass/ bow thruster.

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Posted By john61ct

Re: Which battery for windlass/ bow thruster.

Wire is one time and simpler.

Adding a remote batt becomes an ongoing consumable and more complex, fragile.

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

04-08-2018, 09:31

Replies: 26

Which battery for windlass/ bow thruster.

Views: 14,618

Posted By john61ct

Re: Which battery for windlass/ bow thruster.

No, sometimes the boat design and distance involved means the "best" single-bank option is **not** do-able.

In which case the more complex/fragile and (usually) costly multi-bank + DCDC charger...

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

01-08-2018, 05:27

Replies: 26

Which battery for windlass/ bow thruster.

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Posted By john61ct

Re: Which battery for windlass/ bow thruster.

Yes exactly.

Just wanted those going that better route to be aware.

Sometimes the shock translates to "no way" when in fact it's entirely do-able.

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

31-07-2018, 11:54

Replies: 26

Which battery for windlass/ bow thruster.

Views: 14,618

Posted By john61ct

Re: Which battery for windlass/ bow thruster.

I agree **if** it is practical to run the required heavy wiring to beef up the existing House bank for these consumers rather than using a separate forward bank.

Fewer points of failure, overall...

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

31-07-2018, 05:17

Replies: 26

Which battery for windlass/ bow thruster.

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Posted By john61ct

Re: Which battery for windlass/ bow thruster.

The engine running - or any active charge source - keeps the connection closed.

Unless you open it manually.

Or automatically wired into the windlass / bowthruster switches.

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

31-07-2018, 00:35

Replies: 26

Which battery for windlass/ bow thruster.

Views: 14,618

Posted By john61ct

Re: Which battery for windlass/ bow thruster.

Blue Sea 7600 old current limiting ACR was designed for this, much higher 60A engineered limit. I pick them up on eBay pretty regularly, $50-90.

The big 500A ML version is a better solution if you...

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

30-07-2018, 18:14

Replies: 26

Which battery for windlass/ bow thruster.

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Posted By john61ct

Re: Which battery for windlass/ bow thruster.

No, deep cycle usage, forget CCA.

Get one new pair matching the House bank, see if that's enough. If not, add another pair within a week or two.

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