[C320-list] Shore Power Charger

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Bill
 I was led to believe that if you put in a 40 amp charger and your shore power was only 120v - 20amp service the max your charger will produce is 20 amps of charging power .
  Al Ahlman
   #476
-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Bill Culbertson <billculb_a2 at yahoo.com> 

> Chris, 
> 
> I went with the Xantrex 40 and couldn't be happier. I had all kinds of problems 
> with the pro-mariner. I thought my 7 year old batteries were goners 2 years 
> ago. But since switching to the Xantrex, they've bounced back. I bought mine 
> on ebay so you might check there. It's not cheap but it saved me the cost of 
> new batteries at the time I bought it. One of our list members had a fire 
> aboard which appeared traceable back to the Pro-Mariner if I remember right. 
> 
> -bill 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ---- 
> From: Allan Field 
> To: C320-List 
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 7:45:51 AM 
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shore Power Charger 
> 
> 
> Just my 2-cents but I would never put a ProMariner back in the boat 
> regardless of what kind of deal they gave me. We went through 2 of them 
> after they cooked one set of batteries so much that it set off the carbon 
> monoxide detector. Even Catalina no longer uses this 1985 state-of-the-art 
> technology. I believe that they use the Charles now. We went with a 
> Xantrex 20 and only wish we had gone for the 40. Otherwise, we are very 
> pleased with the Xantrex especially since our fridge runs 24-7 for 9 months 
> of the year. 
> 
> Allan S. Field 
> Sea Shadow - #808 
> Columbia, MD 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com 
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jack Fitzgibbon 
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 1:08 AM 
> To: C320-List 
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shore Power Charger 
> 
> Our Flyback 20 lasted for 9 years. We purchased another of the exact same 
> model from ProMariner exchanging our old unit for a new one at a prorated 
> price. If you're tight on bucks right now it might be worth seeing what 
> they'll give you for the old unit. 
> 
> jack 
> #441 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com 
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com]On Behalf Of Chris Holt 
> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 10:03 PM 
> To: c320 
> Subject: [C320-list] Shore Power Charger 
> 
> 
> So, 
> 
> My wife and I finally get someone to watch our three kids and we were going 
> to get our first chance out on the boat by ourselves this season and BAM, 
> batteries are dead when we get to the boat. Problem was our shore battery 
> charger was gone. We have a ProMariner Flyback 20 (only 3 years old), and I 
> have heard that this unit is junk. So, I know this has been talked about 
> before but I was wondering if people could share what they replaced this 
> unit with and what deals if any they were able to get from ProMariner. The 
> boat bucks are super thin, so I need a reliable unit without a giant price 
> tag, especially since I'm nervous about what this did to the batteries 
> (might have to buy a new set of them as well). 
> 
> Thanks ahead of time, 
> 
> Chris 
> 
> 
> 
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