Battery Boiler Bye Bye
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09-25-2006, 03:47
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Battery Boiler Bye Bye
--- Bruce:
Although my pac 15 still works on my 90SP, I bought a freedom 458..25 that I plan to install on my sp upon my return to vegas in a couple weeks. gret to see u did it and i will keep watching. brgds, Hank Hannigan 90sp36 80fc31 In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "birdshill123" > > I read this forum faithfully. As a newbie a lot of my questions have > been answered on this forum. There are also many members who have > emialed me lengthy answers to a few questions that I posted: Bob > Jane, Bill Pape , Tom Warner and others. Now it is time for me to add > a few tidbits. > Before we bought our Bird I read about the battery chargers that are > OEM and how they can be harmfull to your battery bank. The 2nd day we > had our Bird I decided to replace the Pacs inverter and the charger. > I ordered the inverter from http://www.sunelec.com . It is a factory rebuilt > 458 Freedom 20. I also ordered the basic remote. Cost was $679.81 > including freight to Tucson. I have seen this setup for over $1200 on > the net. Looking at the unit I suspect it is new and was never used. > Sunelec does not have the best people answering their phones but the > owner (or manager) offered his assistance. > > I installed the inverter in the front bay where I removed the Pacs > inverter. I was able to use the original 12 volt 2/0 cables and the > ac output romex. The Pacs does not have a charger so there was no AC > power in the compartment. When I have removed the old charger from > the next bay I will run the input wires to the Xantrex. In the > meantime I am using an extension cord as the Bird is not being used. > My batteries were very low. About 11.8 volts. I still had the old > charger and it just would not put out enough juice to get a good > charge. It was almost 100 degrees and the charger was hot enough to > fry eggs. I plugged in the Xantrex, set the battery type and amp > hours. Immediately the Xantrex fired up and it is putting out 14.2 > volts. That is the first stage. I can hear the acid bubbling. I will > report later when the batteries are fully charged. The Xantrex also > runs much cooler. An added bonus is that after I remove the old > charger and that huge cooling fan I will gain a storage bay. I am > sorry I did not put a clamp ammeter on the old setup to see how many > amps it was drawing but I bet it is more than the Xantrex. > > Bruce 1988 FC35 > |
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Battery Boiler Bye Bye - birdshill123 - 09-25-2006, 03:24
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