1990 Canadian Sailcraft CS34 Shoal Draft
Sail #8268

1982 Catalina 22 Fin Keel
Sail #10506

1994 MUMM 36 ACE
Sail # 29206

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Battery Load Test

Went to the boat after work with a carbon pile battery load tester.

Previous owner Dave had the batteries charging for the day; voltage was registering at 12.6V with the charger off.

The house batteries are rated for 600 cold cranking amps (CCA).  I isolated each battery and hooked up the load tester, and brought the resistive guage up to 300 amps (half the CCA).  A good battery after 15 seconds should register above 10V.  Well, both failed miserably; they were down to 8V after about 5 seconds.

Ordering two CROWN Group 31s to give a house bank of 260 amp hours.

Dave had a guy out to replace the cracked engine hoses and a leaking coolant fitting.


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