Battery Charger Overcharge?

[Tom Warner]

Dan is right but as much at fault is some or our alternators. If the
voltage regulator is not working right you could be charging the
batteries all of the time. That is why I strongly recommend the
installation of at least the Xantrex Link 1000 which monitors
everything going into and out of your batteries. Its actually a small
computer monitoring a shunt installed near the batteries. The link is
just not for controlling the Xantrex charger/inverter although I
recommend that also. The link will monitor the output of the
alternator when you are driving, the generator when it is running,
the charger output and the current draw of the batteries. I
installed my Link 2000 right next to the instrument panel so I can
instantly see what is going on. It will even monitor each light as it
is turned on and off. Makes finding those phantom current draws easier also.
Tom Warner
Vernon Center,NY
1985 PT 40

At 07:41 PM 5/12/2007, you wrote:
>If your 78 chargers are original, it does not step down. If you have 2
>50 Amp chargers like my 83 did, you are boiling/destroying your
>batteries with 100 Amps of charge 24/7 if you are on shore power 24/7.
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>Dan NM
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>--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Wolf"
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> > Hey all,
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> > I was reading through the posts about battery charger replacement in
> > an 87, and started to wonder about whether or not I have to worry
> > about overcharging on the charger in my 78. Is this an issue, or does
> > it step down as the batteries reach capacity to a trickle charge if
> > any charge at all?
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