Recharge batteries

[Bathrone]

Is the rate of recharging batteries dependant on sub speed setting (e.g flank)?

How to maximise recharge time?

[THEBERBSTER]

Hi Bathrone
There are orders to stop charging the batteries and I have noticed that my maximum speed drops a few knots while the batteries are being charged which is not good if you need that extra bit of speed to reach an intercept point.
Best wishes Peter

[Bathrone]

Ah yes quite true but not what I was asking Ofcourse the speed drops when charging cos one diesel goes to the generator not the propellor

What Id like to know is if higher speeds charge the batteries faster or if I just go dead slow theyll charge at the same rate

[Fifi]

Originally Posted by Bathrone

Ah yes quite true but not what I was asking Ofcourse the speed drops when charging cos one diesel goes to the generator not the propellor

What Id like to know is if higher speeds charge the batteries faster or if I just go dead slow theyll charge at the same rate

I think so. Higher RPM should charge batteries faster. Didn't test it really in game, but it seems to me...

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Bathrone

What Id like to know is if higher speeds charge the batteries faster or if I just go dead slow theyll charge at the same rate

It shouldn't matter. the diesel charging the battery always runs at full speed, just for that purpose. In SH3 you could look at the guages and see one diesel running at slow speed (or whatevery you set it for) while the one doing the charging raced as fast as it could go. It should be the same in SH5.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

It shouldn't matter. the diesel charging the battery always runs at full speed, just for that purpose. In SH3 you could look at the guages and see one diesel running at slow speed (or whatevery you set it for) while the one doing the charging raced as fast as it could go. It should be the same in SH5.

This is how the engines code of SH5 is working. When recharging batts the starboard engine is set to ahead flank (or is it the port engine?) while it's disconnected from the shaft.

I've thought about adding a new command to the game - extreme battery recharging. This would allow both engines to recharge batts at the expense of no propulsion Could be quite handy sometimes.

Also thought about adding another new command to game - one that would allow the electric engines to be coupled to the diesel engines when at ahead flank for a little more knots.

[gap]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

I've thought about adding a new command to the game - extreme battery recharging. This would allow both engines to recharge batts at the expense of no propulsion Could be quite handy sometimes.

Also thought about adding another new command to game - one that would allow the electric engines to be coupled to the diesel engines when at ahead flank for a little more knots.

Cool ideas, but were them realistically feasible in RL?

[lodebeard]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

This is how the engines code of SH5 is working. When recharging batts the starboard engine is set to ahead flank (or is it the port engine?) while it's disconnected from the shaft.

I've thought about adding a new command to the game - extreme battery recharging. This would allow both engines to recharge batts at the expense of no propulsion Could be quite handy sometimes.

Also thought about adding another new command to game - one that would allow the electric engines to be coupled to the diesel engines when at ahead flank for a little more knots.

So cool!

Just the other night I was wondering if there was a way to decouple both diesels and speed up battery charging. This would be very handy for things like quickly topping up your battery while stationary on the surface getting a celestial position fix. Were both diesels even wired to the charging mechanism? Hopefully someone can find doco on if this was even possible.

And it would be so rad to be able to tie in the batteries for an emergency boost to speed!!