{"id":19880,"date":"2014-05-07T16:05:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T16:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/735-locaboat-s-fleet-is-equipped-with-next-generation-batteries\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T21:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:02:16","slug":"735-locaboat-s-fleet-is-equipped-with-next-generation-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/blog\/735-locaboat-s-fleet-is-equipped-with-next-generation-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Locaboat&#8217;s fleet is equipped with next generation batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Setting off on a\u00a0<strong>Locaboat self-drive boat<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0 living your life at the pace of the waterways and nature, that\u2019s the best way to recharge your batteries, both figuratively and literally! Florence Menguy, Locaboat\u2019s Director of Operations, is more concerned with the literal sense\u2026 She explains how to keep current on board!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty years ago, nobody took mobile phones or laptops onto a boat. Today, things are very different, and you have to face the fact that a boat\u2019s crew uses a lot more electricity than it used to. Responding to customer needs, Locaboat has refitted its entire fleet with next generation batteries, called AGMs. These have a much faster charging cycle than traditional batteries. But in order for them to work efficiently, holidaymakers must run the boat for at least four or five hours a day. They work on the same principle as a car battery!\u00a0 Alternatively, you can hook up to a 220 volt supply at the quayside; most docks have water and electricity supplies. All this kind of information can be found in the waterways guide, which you\u2019ll be given before you set off. If you don\u2019t want to go anywhere, all you have to do is run the motor. The main thing is to learn to manage your power usage and to recognise the warning signs. When the lights start to dim, and the fridge or heating begins to labour, that means it\u2019s time to make a move and get your engine going! Fortunately, everything has been thought through. The engine is on a separate electrical circuit from the equipment, which means that it\u2019s still possible to steer and start the engine even if the water heater won\u2019t work. There\u2019s nothing for you to worry about; it\u2019s highly unlikely that you\u2019ll ever encounter a major problem, and the boats are very regularly serviced by Locaboat engineers. All you need to do is to get to know your boat. And steer it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Setting off on a\u00a0Locaboat boat\u00a0and living your life at the pace of the waterways and nature, that\u2019s the best way to recharge your batteries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[210],"class_list":["post-19880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-tricks","tag-advanced-tips"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19881,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19880\/revisions\/19881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}