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Terrapin is supplied by six 12 volt, heavy duty, deep-cycle, sealed lead acid gel batteries of 95 ampere-hours (AH) |
The batteries are connected in series-parallel to give a total of 285 AH at 24 volts. They are housed underneath the front seats, arranged across the beam. It would be perfectly practical to reduce the number of batteries to four, or even to two, if the main use of the vessel was short, single-day, trips. |
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A full mains charge takes up to six hours. |
The photocells are not expected to fully replenish the batteries. They are intended to provide top-up charge only. If, for example, the boat is used over a weekend (say 3 to 4 hours running time) and then left exposed to |
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