At 08:26 PM 9/20/2012, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>During non-use the charger will go to 14.5-14.8 volts to complete the charge
>cycle which also tests the interior propane alarm. Many small
>indicator/decorator lamps left on burn out from this.

Yes, the smart regulator I put on Scamp (the boat, not the van) years
ago had an input that would limit voltage whenever halogen lamps were
burning, for just that reason.  The only halogen lamp we had on board
was the chart light, and its little five-watt lamp survived our usage
without resort to the special input -- but most of the time the
engine was running we were in bulk-charge mode anyway, which may be
why it lived.  Eight hours or so of charging every five days was our
usual ration, with 200 AH capacity in two banks and a 35-amp
alternator.  We did most of that swinging on the anchor or otherwise
during the daytime.

I miss the milky way...sigh.

Yours,
David