Battery Amperage App

watercayman

watercayman

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Jan 18, 2010
43
Beneteau 311 Cayman Islands
After running low on battery power after leaving the AP on too long before an overnight, I wrote a little application for my Android phone to calculate my daily amp usage. Worked pretty well and I kept adding little bits to it over the last few months. Turned out to be useful -- to me at least -- so I have put it up on Google in case anyone would like to have it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ky.boatamps

There is no cost, and no advertising, so I hope this post doesn't bother anyone. Also, as I don't expect many downloads, I'm not going to take the time to make an iOS app. But I would love to hear if anyone else finds it useful.
 
Gunni

Gunni

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Mar 16, 2010
5,937
Beneteau 411 Oceanis Annapolis
Mike, that looks like a very useful app for easily and dynamically calculating a DC amperage budget. An important task that people always seem to want to avoid. Nice! Wish it was available as an apple app.
 
centerline

centerline

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Mar 20, 2012
3,983
Cal 34-III, MacGregor 25 Salem, Oregon
Thank you... I have downloaded it, looked at it, and I think it will be a very useful tool.
I have NOT actually used it yet, but when I do it will tell the tale...

but for your continuing efforts its well worth a coffee or two... I think you will be surprised about how many downloads it will get.

I like that it is simple without a lot of confusing formulas that attempt to explain something that us non-scientists care nothing about, as most of us only care about the bottom line answer...

Thumbs up!!!
 
centerline

centerline

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Mar 20, 2012
3,983
Cal 34-III, MacGregor 25 Salem, Oregon
on the "set up my boat" page.... total battery amps at the top. it should also have a space for the total amps available from the house bank, as different battery types will have a different draw capacity.... to stay within recommended limits.

I was going to say that these items should be added/modified,
gas valve...
sea water galley pump...
interior lighting should be seperated into master berth, vberth and salon...

but then I see we can add to and modify our own page.... absolutely great!
 
watercayman

watercayman

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Jan 18, 2010
43
Beneteau 311 Cayman Islands
Thank you both very much for the kind words.

Simple was the key, as I originally made it for myself and didn't want to confuse myself as I was trying to fill a need. When I put it up to offer to the public, had to open up the types of devices and allow for users to enter their own -- not every boat is like mine LOL! So, hopefully flexible :)

Great to see people might find it useful.
 
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