rsmith
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- OWNER - I own a Hatteras Yacht
- Hatteras Model
- 50' CONV -Series I (1966 - 1969)
Come June I will have been running this boat for 47 years and 9 sets of Batteries. I’m getting tired of chasing 8 volt batteries. I was looking at the first invoice from Jan 77 Wards charged us $99 ea installed. And Mr Ward himself did a complete electrical and bonding system check to boot. Best price I’ve got on 819’s is 650ea today and Rolls are are well over a thousand. the original owner had the boat delivered to Rybovitch where they did all the outfitting including dry exhaust and second generator. At the time they added 2 8d 12v batteries for the generators and converted most all the 32v stuff and electronics to 12v. The only thing I really have on 32 is the starters and the heads. I got rid of the alternators at least 40 years ago and jumped out the oil pressure switches so the charger handles the 32v underway.
I’m thinking of going 24v I believe the starters can be rewound and I need to ditch the old Charles charger anyway. A couple 24v motors for the heads isn’t a big deal. I believe the cables are way oversized as was typical 60’s engineering.
Any one gone 24v? I could go 36v I don’t think the starters will care about another couple volts but why drag around another 500lbs of batteries?
I’m thinking of going 24v I believe the starters can be rewound and I need to ditch the old Charles charger anyway. A couple 24v motors for the heads isn’t a big deal. I believe the cables are way oversized as was typical 60’s engineering.
Any one gone 24v? I could go 36v I don’t think the starters will care about another couple volts but why drag around another 500lbs of batteries?
