T&T: Alternators

[thomas barnes]

We have run six T105's in "Pura Vida" wired to three 12 volt banks for house 
  power since 2002. Charge them while running with a Balmar 100 amp  altenator
  that will pretty much fully charges them with 8 hours of running at 1800/1900 RPMs
  with our old Perkins 6.354. Use a 1800 Prosine inverter and this pretty well takes
  care of our needs for two days and thre nights on the hook.
   
  I maintain the batteries well, Check the water level and hydrometer readings 
  regularly. They are about four years old now and have been recharged many times
  and I am noticeing It takes longer for them to charge up fully now and they don't 
  hold the charge for as long. Of course deep cycle batteries can only be recharged
  just so many times. I believe I will get about five years out of these.
   
  Tom B.

 
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