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G Man · 03-20-18, 05:20 PM

I was playing with my Tench class off Japan in Feb 1945 and noticed that the batteries were taking a long time to recharge so I did some experimenting.
I ran the battery completely flat and then went ahead one third, one engine on propulsion and 3 on charge and it took 41 hours to completely recharge the batteries. I know that batteries charge faster when they're completely flat and then you have to slow the charge rate as they get more charged up but from flat the battery was only at 37% after 12 hours.
I would have thought that with 3 engines on charge a fleet boat would recharge its batteries a lot faster than that.
Does anyone know how long a fleet boat took to recharge its batteries?
Can this be adjusted to be more realistic?

03-20-18, 05:20 PM	#5834
G Man Seaman Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 35 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Battery charge times I was playing with my Tench class off Japan in Feb 1945 and noticed that the batteries were taking a long time to recharge so I did some experimenting. I ran the battery completely flat and then went ahead one third, one engine on propulsion and 3 on charge and it took 41 hours to completely recharge the batteries. I know that batteries charge faster when they're completely flat and then you have to slow the charge rate as they get more charged up but from flat the battery was only at 37% after 12 hours. I would have thought that with 3 engines on charge a fleet boat would recharge its batteries a lot faster than that. Does anyone know how long a fleet boat took to recharge its batteries? Can this be adjusted to be more realistic?