Battery Capacity Calculator

Fill in the numbers of the units you have and the size of your Emergency Light. (Orange fields)
Equipment type Transmission Reception IMO
Number of units

Requirements
Average power Current Average Power Current in AH
1/2 x TX + RX
consumption consumption consumption consumption
during @ during @
transmission 24V DC reception 24V DC
MF/HF 6000 Equipment
0 6310A - 150W 310W 12.9 60W 2.5 0
0 6320A - 250W 600W 25 60W 2.5 0
0 6350 - 1500W 1000W 41.7 60W 2.5 0
0 Full RadioTelex 120W 5 22W 1 0
Printer, Keyboard and
Message Terminal

VHF 6000 Equipment

Sailor 6222A 60W 2.5 6W 0.25
0 w/o. 6204 Speaker mic 0
Sailor 6222A 84W 3.5 8,4W 0.35
0 w. 6204 Speaker mic 0
0 Sailor 6210/15/16/17 60W 2.5 6W 0.25 0
0 Sailor 6248/49 60W 2.5 6W 0.25 0

Inmarsat Mini-C 6000 Equipment

0 Sailor 6110 GMDSS 30W 1.25 2W 0.09 0
0 6006 Message Terminal 20W 0.85 12W 0.5 0
0 H 1252 Printer 100W 4.1 10W 0.4 0
Sailor 6120 SSAS 30W 1.25 2W 0.09
0 0
0 Sailor 6130 LRIT 30W 1.25 2W 0.09 0
SIRIUS CONTROL BOX 0.1 0
0 6130 LRIT

Emergency Light
0 Emergency Light Type the power consumption of the 25 1.0 0.0
Emergency Light in Watt

Additional Equipment
0 6101/6103 Alarm Panel 0.1 0
0 Sailor 6282 AIS 12W 0.5 0
0 Sailor 6004 Control Panel 18W 0.75 0
0 Additional Load 0 0 0
0 Additional Load 0 0 0
0 Additional Load 0 0 0
0 SC 4000 Iridium 25W 1 8W 0.4 0
0 H4122 Iridium SSAS 0.3 0
0 DT 4646/TT-3606E 13W 0.5 0
0 H 1252 B 100W 4.1 10W 0.4 0
0 TT-3000E incl. TT-3616C 35W 1.46 13,8W 0.58 0
0 SSAS TT-3026M 23W 0.96 1,8W 0.08 0
RT5022 90W 3.75 15W 0.7
0 0

Total consumption 0.0

For Lead-Acid batteries only:

Required battery capacity for 1 hours 0.0
(Total consumption + 50%)

Required battery capacity for 6 hours 0.0

(Total consumption + 20%)
 BATTERY CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS

IMO has in Regulation 13 stated the requirements for the reserve battery and charger.
For calculation of the battery capacity please refers to the relevant paragraphs of ‘Regulation
13’ listed below:

A reserve source or sources of energy shall be provided on every ship, to supply radio
installations, for the purpose of conducting distress and safety radio communications, in the
event of failure of the ship’s main and emergency sources of electrical power.
The reserve source or sources of energy shall be capable of simultaneously operating the
VHF radio installation required by regulation 7.1.1. and, as appropriate for the sea area or
sea areas for which the ship is equipped, either the MF radio installation required by
regulation 9.1.1, the MF/HF radio installation required by regulation 10.2.1 or 11.1, or the
Inmarsat ship earth station required by regulation 10.1.1 and any of the additional loads
mentioned in paragraphs 4, 5, and 8 for a period of at least:

1)                                     One hour, on ships constructed after 1 February 1995, if the emergency
source of electrical power complies fully with all relevant requirements of regulation II-1/42 or
43 including the requirements to supply the radio installations.

2)                                     Six hours, on ships constructed before 1 February, 1995, if the emergency
source of electrical power is not provided or does not comply fully with all relevant
requirements of regulation II-1/42 or 43 including the requirements to supply the radio
installations: *)

The reserve source or sources of energy need not supply independent HF and MF radio
installations at the same time.

*) For guidance, the following formula is recommended for determining the electrical load to
be supplied by the reserve source of energy for each radio installation required for distress
conditions:
O 1/2 of the current consumption necessary for transmission
O + the current consumption necessary for reception
O + current consumption of any additional loads.

Note, that the local authorities might differently interpret ‘Regulation 13’, resulting in
deviations from the battery capacity calculations in the following.

For an A3 solution Regulation 13 means, that the following equipment shall be supplied from
the battery during emergency operation at
O VHF with DSC
O MF/HF with DSC and Radio Telex
O Inmarsat C
O Emergency light
O VHF with DSC for duplication
For vessels with emergency power generator according to regulation II -1/42 or 43 the
emergency battery shall be capable of supplying the mentioned equipment for 1 hour.

This means:
·         Emergency generator above deck
·         Emergency generator with auto start within 15 sec.
·         Fuel capacity to run 6 hours

For vessels not fulfilling am requirements for emergency generator:

·         6 hours battery operation capacity is required.

CALCULATION OF THE BATTERY REQUIREMENTS FOR A 250W MF/HF

Example:

The consumption is calculated for 250W + 2 x VHF + Sat-C + Emergency lamp.

Please see the power consumptions listed in the table below.

Consumption during TX: 25,7 A

Consumption under RX: 4,6 A

Requirement according to IMO:

Total consumption = 1/2 x TX + RX

Total consumption = 1/2 x 25.7 A + 4.6 A = 17.5 A

Vessels with approved emergency generator:

1 x Total consumption + 50% = 17,5 + 8,75 = 26,25AH

( 50% is according to battery manufacturers recommendation for batteries for 1 hours
discharge)

·         Required minimum battery capacity: 26,25 Ah

Vessels without approved emergency generator:

6 x Total consumption + 20% = 6 x 17,5 + 21 = 126AH

(+ 20% according to battery manufacturers recommendation for batteries for 10 hours
discharge)

Required minimum battery capacity: 126 Ah