[C320-list] Xantrex TRUEcharge2 40-amp chargers - experiences?

[Chris Burti]

I replaced the OEM

*Promariner Charger in 2007along with the OEM Excide 4d Nautilus Gold OEM
batteries that it had cooked. I installed a Xantrex 20 amp charger and two
Excide COM 4D P  truck batteries. I have the stock Yanmar alternator on the
engine.*


*The batteries take about a pint of water each annually to maintain and we
just cruised for three weeks with no complaints.*


*My plan is to do a load test on the batteries soon simply because of their
age. I expect to replace them with two more just like the old ones when the
time comes, but I am considering going to four 6v deep cycle batteries and
a dedicated Group 27 starting battery...I doubt that I will follow through
as I have many other items with higher priorities on my wish list.*

*Fair winds and Happy 4th,*

*Chris Burti*

*Commitment, #867*

Chris Burti
Farmville, NC


On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 11:24 AM, B. Stumpp <bstumpp at comcast.net> wrote:

> I replaced my working Guest 2-stage charger with a new Xantrex 3-stage 40
> amp charger and the remote panel.  After only four years the Xantrex just
> failed.  The Xantrex tech said these cannot be repaired.  Although I was
> not
> happy with only getting four years out of the charger, a friend has one
> that
> so far has lasted 10 years.  So I decided to get another Xantrex since it
> should be a relatively easy replacement and I already had the remote panel
> for the charger.  That was until I started reading reviews of the charger
> on
> Westmarine.com.they are not stellar.
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> So, before looking for alternatives I would like to hear the experiences -
> positive and negative - of others on this forum who have installed a
> Xantrex
> charger.  Anyone?
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> Bruce Stumpp
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> Adventure, #647
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> Frog Mortar Creek, Maryland
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