batteries
Submitted by tournament on Sat, 2010-05-29 21:30
anyone have any idea how long a 12 volt battery would last if you were running somthing that drew 15 to 20 amps thanks
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Submitted by tournament on Sat, 2010-05-29 21:30
anyone have any idea how long a 12 volt battery would last if you were running somthing that drew 15 to 20 amps thanks |
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till
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Depends on how big the
Depends on how big the battery is. WHat is it rated at, and what type of battery is it?
tournament
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just a standard marine
just a standard marine battery
silly
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There are many other factors
There are many other factors but......
if your talking about a car battery/cranking (CCA) battery you roughly divide the reserve capacity (RC) by 4 to acheive a very vague value for amp hours. For example my car battery has 520CCA and 110RC, So if you have something drawing 15-20amps you'll get roughly an hour out of a cranking car battery.
On the other hand if you have a deep cycle battery, its pretty straight forward. The battery will have the amp hours on there already. So just divide the how much current your drawing by what the battery is rated at.
silly
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marine batteries are usually
marine batteries are usually a mix of cranking and deep cycle. You'll have to check the specs on the battery.
Dale
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Here's some info on
Here's some info on batteries that you may find interesting.
http://www.caravanandmotorhomebooks.com/articles/lead_acid_batteries.htm
Cheers
Dale
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kempy
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wat r u running of it that
wat r u running of it that draws that much power
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tournament
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just looking at some 12 volt
just looking at some 12 volt appliances me and the cook are looking at doing a few days out at steep point somtime soon but she wants a few luxurys
Georgejungle
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not the plasma screen
not the plasma screen hairdrier and the foxtel dish is it?.
Dale
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See if you can find
See if you can find something here, sorry for keep on posting the same web site, but there is tonnes of info on there covering the questions being asked on here of late. I have all the books from this guy and he is an absolute legend on the stuff.
Cheers
Dale
http://www.caravanandmotorhomebooks.com/articles/index.htm
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