Re: Yamaha 55 el charging rate.
Amir, thank you very much for the reply, yes you are right , it would take that long for a completely flat battery to be charged, my batteries are okay that was a therotical situation, I keep my boat batteries charged with a trickle charger when not in use,I was wondering if the electrical accesories mounted in the boat would be using the same amount of power or more than the charging system could supply , but none of the accesories run long enough to cause a serious drain on the battery, the fish finder and the gps are about all that are on all the time. navigational lights and docking lights are not used constantly unless night crusing takes place and then only the navagation lights are on and then do not draw that much current, I calculated a total draw of 7.5 to 8 amps @ 13 volts if all the accessories are in use at the same time excepting the bilge pump, if I add the bilge pump which hardley ever runs I suppose the load would be 10 amps, this is well witin the capabilities of the battery fitted,( I have the choice of a 65 amp hour or a 120 amp hour battery) I monitor the batteries with a panel mounted volt meter, I would appreciate any other comments from the forum members. Kind regards William Wright,
