[C320-list] Magnum Charger/Inverters..any comments?

[Crashley]

Brian,

I have a Blue Sea Systems 7600 automatic charging relay (ACR) which is  
basically a relay that connects the house battery and starting battery  
whenever the voltage on the house battery is above 13.5V, which is  
whenever the house battery is charging. Connect the charger/inverter  
and the alternator to the house battery. The ACR will make sure the  
starting battery stays charged. I connected the house battery as  
battery 1 and the starting battery as battery 2 using the original  
C320 battery switch and most of the original battery cables. I'm not  
sure the MMS2012 will fit in the original battery charger location  
unless it's the same size as the 1012.

Good luck,
Chris Ashley
Rosebud #882

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On Jan 15, 2009, at 1:49 PM, "Amirault Family - S&B" <amiraults at sympatico.ca 
 > wrote:

> CR Ashley:
>
>
>
> Thank you for the response. The current plan is to order the MS2012,  
> the
> controller, and the battery monitor module which connects to the  
> controller
> to yield monitor functions from the controller's readout. This  
> upgrade will
> be done in conjunction with a new Balmar 100A alternator and external
> voltage regulator.
>
>
>
> I do have a question. The MS2012 will only has a single battery  
> output and
> as a result I can directly connect it to a single battery bank. Your  
> project
> shows the installation of an additional starting battery under the  
> port
> settee which was already installed when I got Bear in 2007. How do you
> control/monitor the charging of the start battery using your new  
> charger?
> Does your charger charge the start battery?
>
>
>
> I am currently looking at some form of echo charger to tap power  
> from the
> charging of the hose bank to charge the start battery. I did contact  
> Magnum
> and they replied that by May they will have available a "Smart Battery
> Combiner" that will perform this function but that if in a hurry the  
> Xantrex
> echo charger would work fine.
>
>
>
> Brian Amirault
>
> 797 Waltzing Bear, too
>