T&T: Adding batteries

[Alec McLocklin (amclockl)]

If your batteries are under a year old and your discharge cycles have
been minimized, i.e., not totally discharging and recharging the current
bank, than you will have no problems with adding 2 more 6v batteries.
Its only when you get into battery banks that are long in the tooth that
you should be hesitant to add new ones.


Alec



-----Original Message-----
From: trawlers-and-trawlering-bounces@lists.samurai.com
[mailto:trawlers-and-trawlering-bounces@lists.samurai.com] On Behalf Of
Randy Pickelmann
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 8:31 AM
To: trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com
Subject: T&T: Adding batteries

Last spring, before leaving Fla for the Chesapeake, I replaced my house
bank of  four 6V gel cells.  Since we have a propane refer, the bank is
adequate.
Lately I've been suffering from amp-hour envy and am thinking about
adding two more 6V gel's.  I know that in a perfect world, all the
batteries would be the same age but that ain't gonna happen now and
since my old house bank was 9 years old when they were replaced, I'm
thinking that its gonna be a long wait.
If I add two more batteries now am I going to mess things up.  Remember,
my current system is adequate.  What say the group?

Regards,
Randy Pickelmann
hard aground in Clearwater
MORNING STAR
www.morningstar.talkspot.com
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