[C320-list] Shore Power Charger

[Delia Mace]

Hi Randy

60 amps into each battery?  That is a large charge rate for the sort of
batteries that you are likely to have installed.  Nigel Calder's excellent
book, "Boat Owner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual" has a very good
explanation of batteries, chargers, etc and I can thoroughly recommend the
book to all boat owners, engineers and non-engineers alike.  Available from
Amazon.  Not cheap but well worth it. 

Owen Mace
(moved to a C42 but still reading this informative e-mail group)
Adelaide, South Australia

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Charles Greenwell
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 4:31 AM
To: c320-list at catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] Shore Power Charger

For those who have installed 40 amp chargers. Did you change the in-line
fuses at the batteries on the charging lines?  They are 30 amp slow blow
fuses.  I have a Freedom Marine 20 charger/inverter which will kick out 60
amps to each battery, if you allow it to.  I had to limit its output to keep
from blowing these fuses.  Even at 30 amps the fuse holders will get warm!

So, are the 40 amp chargers really 40 amps on each battery?

Randy
Le Bijou (719)

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