[C320-list] Battery Charging w/Onboard Charger

[Irving Grunes]

Amirault Family

A Xantrex 20 is about $300.

Without an onboard charger, the Power Unit connected to the AC boat input
will only give you power to the outlets and to the water heater if you turn
it on.
You could try to use the Power unit DC output but that is only capable of
about 8 amps DC capacity.
You could get a charger and plug it into the AC outlets on the boat and then
clip the DC cables across the battery.

The meter I talked about is the battery voltage and the AC connection will
have nothing to do with the battery meter without an onboard charger.

Irving Grunes
Isle of Wight #851



On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Amirault Family - S&B <
amiraults at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> All:
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> Helpful replies all. Of course Orlando's suggestion to RTFM is the soundest
> of all, but I have been shamelessly attempting to avoid this by asking the
> question rather than utilizing my own resources. The advice to seek out a
> shorter cord is sound. I will check Bear tomorrow to see if per chance she
> came with one; else I will order it from the local Chandlery.
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> Irv's suggestion to hook up and start the generator then check the meter
> before activating AC current and after doing so is the route I will take. I
> can't use the onboard charger as I have in the past as I have never used
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> onboard charger; ours is a poor sail club without the availability of power
> at the slips so I have pre-charged the batteries at home and then used the
> engine alternator to attempt to keep them at charge through the season.
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> Thank you Jim for raising the issues regarding post use onboard storage of
> the generator. The collective response to this was also bang on.
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> Regards;
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> Brian Amirault
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> 797 Waltzing Bear, too
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