I've Been away on vacation.. decided to go to the beach and get some fishing and crabbing in and to see the white sands and blue waters while they are still white and blue..I did manage to get some work in before we left though...
Im going to run all the lights off of 2 9 volt batteries. I plan on placing the batteries in the coning tower and covered with the panel shown. The lower battery is going to power the engine lights and the lights in the bottom section. The top battery is going to power the lights in the top. I put an meter in the circuit and measured about 30 mA's being pulled for the entire circuit, top and bottom. A 9 volt battery is capable of sourcing about 500mA (1/2 and AMP) with about a 10mA current drain per hour.. So, at that rate, I calculated approiximate battery life at 14 hours. Ofcourse, theory vs real world are usually very different.
Im going to run all the lights off of 2 9 volt batteries. I plan on placing the batteries in the coning tower and covered with the panel shown. The lower battery is going to power the engine lights and the lights in the bottom section. The top battery is going to power the lights in the top. I put an meter in the circuit and measured about 30 mA's being pulled for the entire circuit, top and bottom. A 9 volt battery is capable of sourcing about 500mA (1/2 and AMP) with about a 10mA current drain per hour.. So, at that rate, I calculated approiximate battery life at 14 hours. Ofcourse, theory vs real world are usually very different.
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