T&T: AMPs question

[Peter Bennett]

Saturday, October 6, 2007, 6:09:15 AM, trawlerdoc wrote:

tac> Can't wait to see the replies on this post. 

tac> ?

tac> I assume you have 650 AH (amp hours) so if your batts are
tac> full charged and you have a 1 amp load (you might use a light
tac> bulb) for 325 hours your voltage should be around 12.20. That's
tac> one way to check. 

tac> Rodger

That would be my assumption too.  However, for the load test, I'd try
to put enough load on the batteries to discharge them in 20 - 30 hours
(the AH spec is based on a 20 hour discharge.)  That would require
drawing about 30 amps.

I suspect that the load test mentioned by JSpence tests the ability to
deliver a high current, as for starting, and won't determine the AH
capacity.


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