The keel as a battery is a great idea! Interestingly my battery
charger is toast and there are 3 large batteries under the starboard
quarter berth. I will be looking at those as we get at the charger.
Thanks to Ken and Rick for the tips about the water tank and
manifold, I hadn't thought about those issues.

Phil

>Ironic that the Baba List should have as a topic: Baba list! Anyway,
>recently my battery charger committed murder/suicide: killed the
>batteries before killing itself. Turns out the PO had paralleled an
>8D (BIG mother) and a 27 as the house bank, with another 27 as the
>starter battery. ARC battery here in Sausalito told me that putting
>2 different size batteries in parallel was a big no-no, and
>suggested instead a single "super" 8D (deeper plates, more amp-hours
>than standard) as a single house battery. So - out went an 8D and a
>27, in came a slightly heavier 8D, but not as heavy as the 2
>removed; and the 27 had been further to starboard (all batteries
>under the starboard quarterberth). Result: almost as many amp-hours
>capacity, and noticeably less list to starboard. Someday I will have
>a boat whose lead keel is also a big battery...
>
>Chuck Yingling
>Hinayana, Baba 30
>Sausalito
>
>>Philip Iannaccone wrote:
>>
>>>Another dumb question from the new guy. I have noticed that our
>>>Baba 30 has a very slight list to starboard. Has anyone
>>>encountered this? Does it necessarily have a significance? I have
>>>taken the boat apart down to the the hull and aside from a cup or
>>>two of water in the bilge all is dry. The battery bank is on the
>>>starboard side and both water tank valves are open on the manifold
>>>so theoretically the water should be drawing down evenly. The
>>>holding tank is starboard and empty. The fuel tank is on the
>>>center line and is full.
>>>
>>
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