Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site hou5f.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!wsh From: wsh@hou5f.UUCP (Willie Heck) Newsgroups: net.auto,net.rec.boat Subject: Marine batteries Message-ID: <339@hou5f.UUCP> Date: Mon, 25-Jul-83 10:13:50 EDT Article-I.D.: hou5f.339 Posted: Mon Jul 25 10:13:50 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 25-Jul-83 16:28:35 EDT Organization: American Bell ED&D, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 23 Please forgive me for posting this to net.auto as well as net.rec.boat, but I thought the answer to this problem would be likely to be answered there. For use on my boat, I have what is known as a deep discharge battery. (This differs from a regular automobile battery in that it is meant to supply a charge over a long period of time and to be recharged many times from a nearly discharged state.) Depending on how much sailing I do at night, however, the battery sometimes goes for long periods of time without any use at all. This is not good for the battery; it must be discharged from time to time and then recharged. My question is: what is the best way to do this? Should I just attach a 12 volt headlight to the battery and run it until it dims, and then recharge the battery? Please reply over the net, as I will be moving to a new machine next week. If you want to send mail, my return address is ariel!hou5f!wsh, until I move, after which it will be ariel!hou5g!wsh. Thank you, Willie Heck abi - holmdel (201) 834-3376