Battery Consumption

STL-Commando · 04-23-14, 10:13 PM

Hi guys. I'm new to Subsim, and I just downloaded SH5 about 3 days ago. I'm doing pretty well, thanks in no small part to the help of these forums and some good youtube tutorials.

I have a question about battery consumption when submerged. I got upgraded to my second boat recently. I think it's the U-48. This thing uses batteries up SO QUICKLY underwater. I mean like down to 50% battery after one hour in game at slow speed (speed 2). The batteries on the previous boat lasted alot longer. Is this just because I have the same battery technology with faster engines?

I did give alot of crew points to max speed. I also have 4/5 points into "recharge batteries faster when surfaced", which helps a bit i suppose. Still the battery gets used up far too fast when i'm submerged. Is this normal?

Thanks in advance for all your help.

04-23-14, 10:13 PM	#1
STL-Commando Nub Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 3 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Battery Consumption Hi guys. I'm new to Subsim, and I just downloaded SH5 about 3 days ago. I'm doing pretty well, thanks in no small part to the help of these forums and some good youtube tutorials. I have a question about battery consumption when submerged. I got upgraded to my second boat recently. I think it's the U-48. This thing uses batteries up SO QUICKLY underwater. I mean like down to 50% battery after one hour in game at slow speed (speed 2). The batteries on the previous boat lasted alot longer. Is this just because I have the same battery technology with faster engines? I did give alot of crew points to max speed. I also have 4/5 points into "recharge batteries faster when surfaced", which helps a bit i suppose. Still the battery gets used up far too fast when i'm submerged. Is this normal? Thanks in advance for all your help.