[PUP] Nanopulser

[Les Dobbe]

Listees,
     When building my boat I had Arild draw up the electrical schematic 
for the builder to follow.
Upon arrival in the US I had Arild inspect the installation to see if it 
were up to his design specifications.
One of those design specifications were to install two banks of 
batteries.  Each battery is 2 volt with 12 in each bank.
I commented to Arild that having 24 batteries for my house power was 
going to be an expensive proposition, let alone
the effort to extract them, to replace and how long will they last.  The 
AGM manufacturer quoted 10 years plus dependant
on duty cycles.  It was at this point Arild suggested the installation 
of a nano pulse mechanism. 
     I installed a PulseTech on each battery bank and the main engine 
starting bank.  You may call it insurance but I thought
it was an expense I was willing to take.  It is probably still too early 
to tell but my batteries are as responsive to charge as the day
I left cruising, almost three years ago.  I can say that with 1200 Ahrs 
of 24 volt batteries we have become very dependent on them.
We are on a 53 trawler and to date have less than 350 hours on our 
generator.  (this is in part because of the way Arild designed our system0).
     So then the question is, "If you may have to pay 5k-8k for a new 
set of batteries in 3-5 years or spend another $500 now to  take a chance
they may make it several more years, and have better efficiency during 
their present duty, would you spend the money?"

Time will tell in our case if it was money well spend or just more boat 
bling.

Les Dobbe
"Voyager"
Selene 53
St. Thomas USVI