[C320-list] Battery charging

[Jon Vez]

The standard setup is for each battery to have a leg running directly from the charger, bypassing the battery selector. If you want to charge both batteries from the Alt, you need to install a Combiner, ACR or Echo Charge or set the Switch to Both. This assumes you haven't paralleled the batteries...

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> On May 5, 2014, at 1:56 PM, "Descher, Chris" <cdescher at cedtulsa.com> wrote:
> 
> Mine are the same as this.  I thought that this was the way it was supposed to be.  The charger charges until it doesn't need to, so no reason to not have the charger connected to the battery.
> 
> Chris Descher
> #500
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Denny Browne
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 11:41 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Battery charging
> 
> Both of my batteries charge from shore power with the battery switch  set to on 1, 2 or All. Always have, to the best of recollection. When disconnected and engine not running, 1 and 2 discharge only the indicated battery. Does this indicate a wiring problem? 
> 
> Denny Browne
> A Cappella #935
> Redondo Beach
> 310.408.9591
> 
> Sent from iPhone, sorry for typos, grammar, etc...
> 
>> On May 5, 2014, at 6:16 AM, "Brian/Carol McLamb" <bjcnmclamb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> That is the standard operation.  If you need both batteries charged 
>> than both is the selection to make on the panel.  Your selector number 
>> should correspond to the battery wired to that connection, not all 
>> owners will have 1, and 2 set for the same battery.  The only thing I 
>> learned during my starter battery addition two seasons ago is that 
>> even with the battery selector switch set to "off" the bilge pump is 
>> direct wired to battery and will run if needed.  This is great for 
>> times when you lose shore power, or have it turned off for some other 
>> reason.  Brian s/v Serenity # 1075
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Graeme Clark <cg at skyflyer.co.uk> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have just noticed - by experimentation - the following and to me it 
>>> seems it wasn't always this way, so i am wondering if something has 
>>> happened; can anyone confirm the correct “architecture’ of the 
>>> charging system
>>> 
>>> The shore charger only charges battery 2 directly so in order to 
>>> charge battery 1 when on shore power the battery switch needs to be 
>>> set to both, conversely The engine charger only charges battery 1 
>>> directly so in order to charge battery 2 when the engine is running 
>>> the battery switch needs to be set to both.
>>> We have the standard 1, Both, 2, Off rotary switch.
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Graeme
>>> #303, Falmouth, England