Battery selection

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Mar 4, 2013
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Catalina Catalina 25 Union Hall
Need advice on what battery and solar charger I should purchase for a 1986 Catalina 25 I recently bought. This sailboat will be in a slip w/o power and not sailed at night or slept in often...
 
May 23, 2007
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Catalina Capri 22 Albany, Oregon
I have a Group 27 deep cycle battery and a Sunsei SE-1500 that does a pretty good job of keeping it topped off. It does require a charge controller so it doesn't fry your battery.

I've also replaced all of my lights, internal and external, except for the deck flood, with LEDs. My biggest power hog is the depth sounder at ~.65 amps.
 
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