[C320-list] Battery Charger

[Chris Burti]

The Xantrex 20 or 40 units are common replacement for our group for the
Promariner which is pretty universally disliked. thier biggest weakness is
that the boat wiring  guage is too big to fit the lugs on the Xantrex units,
so an adapter has to be made.

There are othe rgood brands, but I will leave those recommendations to
others as I went with the X-20

The group 27's are your PO's cheap replcements for the factory 4D's. If they
are not fried, they may well be fine if fairly new. If they don't hold a
charge they are fried.

Replace them when you need to with 4D's or with golf cart batteries, as they
produce more amp hours (can be anlogized to a bigger fuel tank).




On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Jamie Pett <JPett at jp2architects.com> wrote:

> It's always something.....so my battery charger went this weekend while
> plugged in visiting a marina.  House bank tanked, then the reefer
> wouldn't start, etc.
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> The boat had a 30 amp ProMariner I think was original ?
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> My battery set-up is a house bank of (4) group 27's in parallel on #1
> setting, and a group 24 starting battery on #2.  All wet cells.
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>  I am clueless about electrical, and still working on the temperature
> gage thing posted earlier.....
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> The yard manager (at Haven Harbor) recommended a Xantrex True Charge 40,
> but they didn't have one, so I haven't done anything yet.
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> Any input is appreciated on the following:
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> How do you size a charger, based on batteries  ? (30 amp, 40 amp, etc.)
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> Anyone recommend for or against Xantrex or other brands ?
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> Will my house bank recover ? (I had like 11.6 amps when I realized the
> problem in the morning)
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> Jamie Pett
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> Bella Luna
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> #614
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Chris Burti Farmville, NC