[C320-list] Shore Power Charger

[alahlm at comcast.net]

Steve 
 amps volts an ohms  I know there's a law in their somewhere but i'll leave it to Jeff an the other engineers     all that said practical boater rated pro-mariner as one of the best and most of the boaters around here swear by them not at them
  Al Ahlman
     #476  
-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Steve Magennis <magenns at yahoo.com> 

> 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 
> > 
> > > 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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