Making Sense of Automatic Charging Relays
Making Sense of the ACR What is an ACR? An ACR is nothing more than a fully automatic, voltage triggered, BOTH/PARALLEL switch that [...]
Programming a Balmar External Voltage Regulator
Preface This article contains three separate videos that show how to physically program Balmar regulators. The videos are meant to be [...]
Installation & Orientation of Flooded Batteries on Boats
Port to Starboard Orientation In this photo I am simulating a sailboat heeling with flooded batteries. For years I’ve wanted to [...]
How Fast Can an AGM Battery be Charged?
Baseline Discharge 49.3% SOC PREFACE: This article looks at the *charging times & achieved state of charge of an AGM battery in multiple scenarios. 1- 50% SOC [...]
Winter Battery Storage & Self Discharge Characteristics
December 11, 2012 After having a discussion with one of my customers, about leaving his battery charger running on-board all winter, [...]
Under-Load Battery Voltage vs. SOC
Battery After 20 Hour Capacity Test = 95.69Ah Capacity For this test I wanted to: Show the relationship of loaded voltage [...]
LiFePO4 Batteries On Boats
LiFePO4 On Boats The base of this article was written a number of years ago but this does not mean the [...]
What is a Deep Cycle Battery?
Light Cycle vs. Deeper Cycle NOTE: This article deals with FLOODED marine batteries, not AGM or GEL batteries. The Problem: The [...]