View Single Post
Old 03-26-2017, 11:47 AM   #15
foggysail
Guru
 
foggysail's Avatar
 
City: Ashland, MA
Vessel Model: 1990 Silverton 40 aftcabin
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 1,208
Quote:
Originally Posted by FlyWright View Post


Good info here, David. Sunchaser, if you replace each 8D with 3 GCs, you'd increase your ballast and your AH capacity by almost 50%!

:


NO! It only requires two GCs for one 8D. Remember, you have to connect the GCs in series 6v + 6v = 12v. Of course you could connect two GCs in parallel and series those two with another pair in parallel to have 12v at 460 amp hours.
foggysail is offline   Reply With Quote