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Powering a garage/shed without connecting to mains power
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostYou'd also want to invest in some kind of solidly built battery carrier with wheels. Your local garage or the caravan forums can probably tell you where to get one."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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How much can you run off a car battery anyway? We used to do a bunch of yacht sailing and people often had fridges, chart plotters and interior+navigation lights all running, but IIRC those were big-ass marine/lorry batteries.
I'd have thought a couple of 20W lights and maybe a small hi-fi should go for ages - when a battery gives you it's Ah rating how much of a pinch of salt should be taken when calculating real-world use?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostHow much can you run off a car battery anyway? We used to do a bunch of yacht sailing and people often had fridges, chart plotters and interior+navigation lights all running, but IIRC those were big-ass marine/lorry batteries.
I'd have thought a couple of 20W lights and maybe a small hi-fi should go for ages - when a battery gives you it's Ah rating how much of a pinch of salt should be taken when calculating real-world use?
In general discharge at or below the rated current should give you access to the rated capacity of the battery.Last edited by doodab; 20 February 2013, 15:08.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostCapacity is usually rated at a given current draw / discharge rate. Car batteries are designed for short high current bursts i.e. starter motors, rather than being deeply discharged at a low current, which will tend to knacker them after a few cycles.
In general discharge at or below the rated current should give you access to the rated capacity of the battery.How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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I can't comprehend a contractor living somewhere with his garage in a block over the road. How common.Comment
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostI can't comprehend a contractor living somewhere with his garage in a block over the road. How common.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by Troll View PostSo you need "deep cycle " batteries"A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostYou have an odd view of 'common'. In a city it's pretty normal for garages to be separate.
Anyway, I think zeity's mole idea is the best.Comment
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