I selected AGMs because they don't release gas and are supposed to still work on their sides. Mine are located under the aft bunk aligned port to starb. Expensive but tough and reliable, have lasted 10 years for me.
----- Original Message ----- From: "PME via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com, "Ken Heaton" <kenhea...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 5:52:55 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Batteries -- Flooded, Sealed or AGM? Battery orientation Ken, Thanks for the link. Great read as most of Maine Sail’s articles are. I am rearranging the batteries in my engine compartment, and I did not think much about the wet cell battery orientation: port-starboard or stern-bow. As Maine Sail shows, wet cell batteries should be aligned port-starboard on sailboats. While on my 29 I had all batteries aligned port-starboard, on the LF38 I have one wet cell aligned stern-bow which I will look into correcting. - Paul E. 1981 C&C Landfall 38 S/V Johanna Rose Carrabelle, FL On Feb 25, 2015, at 4:18 PM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote: Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:35:06 -0400 From: Ken Heaton < kenhea...@gmail.com > To: Burt Stratton < bstrat...@falconnect.com > Cc: cnc-list < cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Batteries -- Flooded, Sealed or AGM? Message-ID: < caabfp6rjkuuht45nj6mevf1mqgxyznnjsmf56ldtwhnaknd...@mail.gmail.com > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" "In response to the concern of spilling acid in a wet cell on a rail-in-the-water-heel" Maine Sail has this one covered too. Wet cells won't leak (until you have already capsized and then you have bigger problems) if the are oriented the correct way in the boat. http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/flooded_battery_orientation Ken H. _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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