[C320-list] Shore Power Charger

[Chris Burti]

The ones that Catalina installed were the old dumb chargers. I
replaced mine with a pro-mariner smart charger and that ended the
cooking. Unfortunately Lightning took out the electronices and the
fastest replacement was a xantrex 20. Been very happy with it other
than the lugs being too small for the OEM cable.

On 7/24/07, alahlm at comcast.net <alahlm at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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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-- 
Chris Burti
Farmville, NC