Battery monitors

[Tom Warner]

A link 1000 will monitor one battery bank (what you have in your 1986
PT) and control one inverter/charger such as a Heart 2500.

A link 2000 will monitor two battery banks (such as one starting bank
and one house bank) and control two inverter/chargers like Heart 2500

I have a Link 2000 and a Heart 2500 which provides 130 amps charging
and 2500 watts of 120VAC power to the coach. I have the AC connected
to all of the wall receptacles in the back bedroom, kitchen, and
front of the bus as well as the microwave. That allows the use of
120VAC to computers etc at all times inside including my Satellite
system and TVs. In my opinion it is one of the best upgrades you can
start with on your coach. Women love the fact that they can use the
coffee maker, microwave and childrens games when they are on the road
travelling.
You can buy the products on ebay (there is a new link 2000 there now
for less then $200) and I would buy a refurbished charger/inverter
from the many companies that cater to the solar crowd on the internet
such as
http://www.partsonsale.com/rvseries.html
http://www.oksolar.com/inverters/xantrex...e-sp2k.htm

tom warner
vernon center,ny
1985 PT 40

At 05:29 PM 5/10/2007, you wrote:
>One of the units shown on the website is much like the Heart Link
>2000 R that the previous owner installed in my coach. The Link 2000 R
>works in conjunction with the dual inverters (and battery chargers)
>in my coach. It includes most of the features of the unit on the
>right side of the web site. You might want to visit the Heart web
>site and consider the Heart Freedom Inverters in addition to the
>controller. I'm not sure what's in an '86 PT, but your charger and
>inverter might well need updating in addition to the controller.
>Getting a combined solution might offer advantages of full
>compatibility between all the components.
>
>Pete Masterson
>'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
>aeonix1@...
>On the road at Lockhart Texas
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>On May 10, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Ryan Wright wrote:
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> > Has anyone installed a battery monitoring system?
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> > http://www.bogartengineering.com/
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> > I don't like not knowing the current state of my batteries. Both of
> > these units look nice. Any thoughts?
> >
> > -Ryan
> > '86 PT-40 8V92
> > Tri-Cities, WA
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