Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #40885
From: colyncase on earthlink <colyncase@earthlink.net>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: batteries.
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:58:39 -0400
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
With the 2 12 VDC battery setup, the essential bus could be fed from 24 volts or either of the 12 VDC batteries with the proper switching and isolation
 
question for the math wiz's:
 
how much does your total MTBF improve when you go from 2 power subsystems to 3?
 
e.g. suppose the MTBF of a battery in the first two years of its life is 1 per 10,000 hours
 
Then, assuming for a moment that switches and contactors don't count, the alternator MTBF is a don't care because it's way higher than the battery.
 
So you have two batteries, now you are talking at 1/(10,000 * 10,000) failure rate.
 
Is that good enough?
 
 
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