Testing the Balmar SG200 Self-Learning Battery Monitor
How we Tested the New Balmar SG200 Self Learning Battery Monitor Site Plug: Please help support MarineHowTo.com by purchasing from us. MarineHowTo.com cannot [...]
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 watched in [...]
Installation & Orientation of Flooded Batteries on Boats
Port to Starboard Orientation This photo is simulating a sailboat heeling with flooded batteries. For years I’ve wanted to write this article, but [...]
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, a practice [...]
Under-Load Battery Voltage vs. SoC
Battery After 20 Hour Capacity Test = 95.69 Ah Capacity For this test I wanted to: Show the relationship of loaded voltage to [...]
LiFePO4 Batteries On Boats
LiFePO4 On Boats The base of this article was written a number of years ago (2010/11 ish) 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 problem, as [...]