[PUP] Power generation and storage

Ross Anderson 10and2 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 3 08:33:29 EST 2008


Good point. Switch lead ballast to battery capacity for those that
need it. God Bless - Ross 10&2

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:03 AM, L. Bruce Jones <bruce at ussubmarines.com> wrote:
> We put up to 150 tons of batteries aboard our luxury submarines,
> which amounts to about 10% of displacement. As long as they are not
> allowed to overheat we expect about 2500 deep cycle charges. We
> literally can run for days submerged or sit on the bottom for weeks
> with just hotel load.
>
> No one is recreating the wheel here. It's all older tried and true
> technology. In my view there is no reason to run a generator at
> anchor unless you are there for a protracted period of time or you
> have a very weight sensitive vessel.
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