[C320-list] Battery Charging w/Onboard Charger

[Scott Thompson]

Interesting.  I didn't know there were internal fuses on that unit.  When
we purchased Surprise (used boat purchase through a dealer) we found that
both of the inline fuses in the charging cables themselves were missing. 
That's another potential trouble spot for this exercise.  The inline fuses
are in the cables from the charger to the batteries, near the batteries. 
Perhaps they are there to minimize the likelihood of having to open the
ProMariner itself.

Scott Thompson
Surprise, 653

> Finally did get the generator to the boat earlier this day. T-storms
> expected so the plan was to do some cockpit gel coat repair while the
> generator charged the batteries. No such luck!
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> Generator started, AC was created and AC powered cabin fans operated,
> ProMariner 30-3 showed red charging light on but no amps being produced;
> which was confirmed by the battery meter. As the main concern was the gel
> coat, that was dealt with and when completed I went back to the charger
> problem.
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> The MANUAL contains a trouble shooting decision diagram which directed me
> to
> the examination of the charger's internal fuse. Access to this only
> required
> the emptying of the cockpit locker and appropriate contortions to remove
> the
> six screws on the bottom of the charger. One then does find a 40 amp fuse
> that was blown. The largest available at Canadian Tire was 30 amp and I
> replaced it with this as the generator produces less than 15. With the new
> fuse in place things actually worked!
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> The charger charges both banks regardless of the position of the battery
> switch. Initially the charger was producing something around 12 amps with
> the charge lamp red which was no surprise as the generator produces around
> 13 amps. This quickly dropped to three amps (I assume that this represents
> the power production of the charger switching to a different stage). The
> battery meter was still showing healthy charging on both batteries at this
> lower output. The documentation states that there will come a time when
> the
> charger will show a green light as the batteries come to full charge, but
> I
> never saw this as with the sky darkening I put the toys away.
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> The generator has proven to be all that the list claimed of it.
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> Now, with Canadian Tire not a source for 40 amp fuses, where should I be
> looking to find these so that I can bring the charger back to
> specification?
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> Brian Amirault
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> 797 Waltzing Bear, too
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