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Old 12-01-2010, 11:25 AM   #5
Bendit
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The little parasite in the bilge

Keeping the genset battery completely isolated*was not*satisfactory as, being a flooded cell, it lost charge when the genset was operated infrequently. However, the gel cell replacement does not lose its charge so*readily and I have isolated it again and will run the genset more often.

Re fusing, the house and start banks are connected via a (VSR) voltage sensitive relay with a 100amp built in breaker.

-- Edited by Bendit on Wednesday 1st of December 2010 01:28:36 PM
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