Heart Interface

[Jay Darst]

Larry,

I too, had my boat wired that way. My boat had 1 air conditioner.

The boats total draw with everything running would not exceed 50
amps total. So, with 2 3o amp legs, the 50 amp load could be divided
even enough to keep the loads down to the maximum 30 amps per leg.

With the Bird, we have 2 legs of 50 amps. You COULD make a mistake
and have 2 or 3 a/c's ON and, for some reason, loose shore power
(city power glitch, someone trips on your cord, you accidenatlly
swith the matster changeover switch, etc).

The internal, 30 amp MAXIMUM, transfer switch would try to transfer
the 50 amp loads. 2 things would happen- 1.) the internal transfer
switch would probably cook 2.) you would instantly overload the
Inverter, which will try to sustain the load up to about 40 amp
draw, then it will shut down. You would have had a 12V draw of about
375 amps which should be sufficent to blow the 300 amp fuse that is
in the lines that connect the inverter to the batteries.

Too much crap to go wrong when its wired so that ALL the loads COULD
pass thru the Inverter.

Note that on the $1M rigs, they use 2 inverters with 50amp internal
switches each.

Bottom line- Install it correctly and there will be no booboo's ;~}

Jay Darst
85PT40
Springfield, IL


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Larry
wrote:
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> Hi Jay,
> I would like to tell you of my experience with Heart... As
you know I do not have a BB yet... But , I do have a boat with a
Heart 2500 Inv, Chgr, a 200 amp ample power alternator, link 2000R
and 6 T 105's with a 12 volt starting batt... I purchased my 2500
before Xantrec bought out Heart...
> What I did was to have to incoming 30 amp power cord connect
straight to the chgr and then to the panels without adding any
additional panels... I do not have a generator, but do have a shut
to add a generator, solor panels or wind generator...
> It works extremely well, when I disconnect from shore power the
inverter changes over automatically and sends AC power to all
appliances that require it...
> Can this be set up in a BB the same way???
> Sea Ya
> Larry
> NYC
> Wannabe
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> Jay Darst wrote: Hi BOB!
>
> I am still using 6-6volt Trojan T-105s, so 660 amp hour capacity.
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> Interestingly, they are still working at well over 95% CEF (charge
> efficiency factor).
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> The factory default CEF is 95% for startup. As the Link 1000
> recognizes a more than 10% discharge and then recharges the
> batteries, it re-calculates this charge efficiency factor.
>
> As the factor reduces, say down to 85%, that would indicate that
the
> batteries are weakening. Or that the sulfide that accumulates on
the
> plates needs to be "boiled" off the plates using your "EQUALIZE"
> mode on your inverter/charger.
>
> Later
> Jay Darst
> 85PT40
> Spfld, IL
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "robertnloomas"
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> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jay Darst"
> > wrote:
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> > Hi Jay Question What is your battery bank capacity?
> > Bob Loomas 1985 PT36
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> > > Ernie,
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> > > The inverter is the single most important update you can do to
> > improve
> > > the usability of your Bird, IMO.
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