[Rhodes22-list] Dead Battery (Again)

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Forget the generator, just pull start the motor or use a battery pack to  
jump start it. Generators weigh to much to lug around.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 11/27/2008 12:25:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
tjhogarty at gmail.com writes:


So  generator hooked to battery, battery to motor to avoid diode fry.   Will
motor start when battery sufficiently charged or can it start right  away?  I
can jump start my car with another battery hooked to it,  without waiting for
the battery to charge.  Do the small generators  have the starting power of a
fresh 12 volt  battery?
Tom



R22RumRunner wrote:
> 
>  Tom,
> Motors with electric start also have charging diodes which must  be hooked 
> up 
> to a battery. If no battery is connected, you  will fry the diodes in the  
> charging loop.
>   
> Rummy
>  
>  
> In a message dated  11/27/2008 11:53:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>  tjhogarty at gmail.com writes:
> 
> 
> Can  you start the  motor with a small generator as the electric source?  
> Directly,  without just using it to charge the  battery?
> Tom
>  
> 
> Leland wrote:
>> 
>> I seem to ask  the  same question around this time every year and I hate
>>  to
>> beat a dead  horse, but I am about ready to start beating  my dead
>> battery.
>> 
>>  I have two  batteries and two solar panels.  
>> 
>> The  cabin  battery is for everything but the motor and has both  solar
>> panels  attached to it.  For three years it has  been fully charged,
>>  although it is rare that it operates  much aside from my depth/fish 
>> finder.
>> 
>>  The motor battery is only for the motor and is  hard-wired to  the
>> motor--it
>> gets charged by the motor.  All  three  years it has lost its charge
>> during
>> the  winter.  It is also  connected to the cabin battery.  Last year  there
>> was a charge  coming from the cabin battery to the  motor battery, but I
>> suspect that  it is too low to keep the  motor battery charged.
>> 
>> I haven't  checked the  batteries' charges yet nor have I cleaned/checked
>> the   connections, but I certainly will.
>> 
>> I own a trickle  charger  that connects to a 110 outlet and I own an AC/DC
>>  convertor.
>>  
>> I think my new marina only has 220  electrical and I haven't yet 
>> purchased
>> an expensive  220 cord nor have I had a need to do  so.
>> 
>>  1.  Should I re-run the solar panels so that one  charges the  motor
>> battery
>> and one charges the cabin battery?   I  assume there is no danger with the
>> motor battery being  hard-wired to  the motor.  I don't want to do this if
>>  one solar panel won't be  strong enough to keep the motor battery  charged
>> or if I will risk not  being able to keep the cabin  battery charged with
>> only one solar panel  connected to it  instead of two.
>> 
>> 2.  Should I break down   and buy a 220 cord and use my AC/DC converter
>> and
>>  trickle charger to  charge the motor battery?  Any dangers to the  trickle
>> charger,  converter, or battery?
>>  
>> 3.  Should I buy one of those  rechargeable jumping  battery panels to
>> start
>> the motor when the   battery is dead?  I was thinking about getting one
>>  for
>> my  motorcycle anyway.  I hate it when I want to go  for a ride or a  sail
>> and have to wait for the trickle  charger to do its thing.
>>  
>> 4.  Any other  recommendations?
>> 
>> Thanks for your  advice.   Just want to make sure the electrical juice is
>> worth the   economic squeeze.
>> 
>> Lee
>> 1986 Rhodes22   At  Ease
>> Kent Island, MD
>> 
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