Darwining
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Hello! I bought a boat with a friend and we have very little idea what we're doing! A Hurley 24/70, with two 12v leisure batteries for electrical, powered solely by the diesel inboard engine (High hopes to kit her out for solar! Eventually...). Aside from instruments and lighting, a single 12v plug wired right into the batteries: no switch for the plug aside from the selector switch.
As we are in the process of moving to live aboard her full time, I thought it prudent to snag a cheap 2 usb car charger for the 12v. A dinky little thing with an output of 5V/2.1A. We aren't planning on running anything with a major draw on it, just phones, charging bank, or maybe a chromebook with a micro-usb cable. Any tips for beginning battery maintenance to avoid running our batteries dry?
I don't have much of an electrical background, but I have been trying to read up on the theory at least, learning the importance of knowing the Watt, amps, volts, etc. etc. (although at times knowing why they matter/what exactly they mean gets REAL hard for my poor brain). I'm sure I'm not the first or the last to have this question, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
Cheers!
As we are in the process of moving to live aboard her full time, I thought it prudent to snag a cheap 2 usb car charger for the 12v. A dinky little thing with an output of 5V/2.1A. We aren't planning on running anything with a major draw on it, just phones, charging bank, or maybe a chromebook with a micro-usb cable. Any tips for beginning battery maintenance to avoid running our batteries dry?
I don't have much of an electrical background, but I have been trying to read up on the theory at least, learning the importance of knowing the Watt, amps, volts, etc. etc. (although at times knowing why they matter/what exactly they mean gets REAL hard for my poor brain). I'm sure I'm not the first or the last to have this question, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
Cheers!
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