Re: [Cal_Boats] Cal 29 batteries and DC panel

Battery Users, When I bought Magic, she had two group 24's. I replaced them with the same (not knowing any better). I later upgraded them to group 27's, one starting; one deep cycle. Now she has two deep cycle group 31's. Either will crank the diesel with no problem; even after several days at anchor. If/When I figure out how to shoehorn some more substantial amps, my wifey's dream of 12VDC refrigeration will become a reality. :) YMMV, Michael Duvall s/v Magic, Cal 2-27 Pompano Beach, FL --- On Sat, 2/7/09, scott <ss… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: From: scott <ss… [at] yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Cal 29 batteries and DC panel To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 9:35 PM Hi FYI I attached my new DC panel first try at it. Also my 2-29 a has two group31 in parall this brings the house power two 140 amp hours you do want use all the power in the bank And there is one Gruop 27 for starting. The link System 20 is great. Just some Ideas Scott 2-29 Coyote PT --- On Sat, 2/7/09, Richard Anderson <richard@ctyl. org> wrote: From: Richard Anderson <richard@ctyl. org> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Cal 29 batteries To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 2:14 PM I upgraded to dual Group 31's in our 2-29 and just built a new frame in the same location. They are Trojan AGM31's with over 100AH each so there's quite a bit of power in there. We've been out for several days with laptops, cell phones, etc running on the inverter without a problem. I was toying with putting another battery box in the bilge somehow but never really went there. There is another Cal 2-29 on this list who berth's just a few slips down from us in Everett, I think I remember him saying he stuffed 6 or 8 batteries in his boat somehow. On Feb 7, 2009, at 11:34 AM, glen thorpe wrote: Dear cal 29 friends, I have two group 24 batteries installed just forward of my atomic 4. I would like to get some bigger batteries in the boat so I can enjoy Oprah without draining my batteries. What are some of the creative ways cal 29 owners have jammed 4d's or 8d's into their boats. I'm not terribly concerned about the added weight (if I was I'd go on a diet). Thanks, Glen

If you want to see how the 31's fit, I blogged about the install a while back, there are photos of the battery tray and install. http://sailingsleipnir.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html On Feb 7, 2009, at 7:52 PM, Michael D wrote: > > Battery Users, > > When I bought Magic, she had two group 24's. I replaced them with > the same (not knowing any better). I later upgraded them to group > 27's, one starting; one deep cycle. Now she has two deep cycle > group 31's. Either will crank the diesel with no problem; even > after several days at anchor. > > If/When I figure out how to shoehorn some more substantial amps, my > wifey's dream of 12VDC refrigeration will become a reality. :) > > YMMV, > Michael Duvall > s/v Magic, Cal 2-27 > Pompano Beach, FL > > --- On Sat, 2/7/09, scott <ss… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: > > From: scott <ss… [at] yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Cal 29 batteries and DC panel > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 9:35 PM > > > Hi > FYI > I attached my new DC panel first try at it. > > Also my 2-29 a has two group31 in parall this brings the house power > two > 140 amp hours you do want use all the power in the bank > > And there is one Gruop 27 for starting. > > The link System 20 is great. > > Just some Ideas > > Scott > 2-29 Coyote PT > > > --- On Sat, 2/7/09, Richard Anderson <richard@ctyl. org> wrote: > From: Richard Anderson <richard@ctyl. org> > Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Cal 29 batteries > To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com > Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 2:14 PM > > I upgraded to dual Group 31's in our 2-29 and just built a new frame > in the same location. They are Trojan AGM31's with over 100AH each > so there's quite a bit of power in there. We've been out for > several days with laptops, cell phones, etc running on the inverter > without a problem. I was toying with putting another battery box in > the bilge somehow but never really went there. There is another Cal > 2-29 on this list who berth's just a few slips down from us in > Everett, I think I remember him saying he stuffed 6 or 8 batteries > in his boat somehow. > > On Feb 7, 2009, at 11:34 AM, glen thorpe wrote: > >> >> Dear cal 29 friends, >> >> I have two group 24 batteries installed just forward of my atomic >> 4. I would like to get some bigger batteries in the boat so I can >> enjoy Oprah without draining my batteries. What are some of the >> creative ways cal 29 owners have jammed 4d's or 8d's into their >> boats. I'm not terribly concerned about the added weight (if I was >> I'd go on a diet). >> >> Thanks, >> Glen >> >> > > > > > >