[C320-list] Shore Power Charger

[Steve Magennis]

Al, you were led incorrectly.  40 A @ 12 V is only 480 watts.  480
watts @ 120 V is only 4 A, and your shore power line is rated @ 30A @
120 V.

Steve
Alchemist #909

--- alahlm at comcast.net wrote:

> 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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