What is draining my batteries?

[Pete Masterson]

I think you need a controller (wizard) that's appropriate for your
setup. I have two inverter/chargers with my batteries in two banks --
and a Heart Link 2000 R which controls two chargers. (One inverter,
one bank, then the Heart Link 1000 will do the job.)

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at



On May 14, 2007, at 9:45 AM, Rob Robinson wrote:

> Curt you mention 'charge wizards'. Plural. Do you have two wizards
> working
> at the same time? I did with my IOTAs and they conflicted. I
> corrected the
> problem by getting a single wizard called an IQ4 which coordinates
> the two
> chargers so they don't compete with each other. In my case I think one
> charger ate the other.
>
> On 14/05/07, Curt Sprenger wrote:
>>
>> Ryan,
>> The EMS is for the alternating current (AC), not for direct
>> current (DC).
>>
>> I monitor the DC via the dash gauges. Our coach is plugged to 50 amp
>> service here at the house. New T105 batteries were installed earlier
>> this year. The batteries are watered with the AquaPro watering
>> system.
>> They are charged by two Progressive Dynamics PD9160AR 60 amp chargers
>> with the 4 stage Charge Wizards
>> http://www.progressivedyn.com/prod_detai...izard.html .
>>
>> When dry camping, the generator is run for a minimum of an hour in
>> the
>> am and again in the pm. This keeps the hot water hot and the
>> batteries
>> charged.
>>
>> Curt Sprenger
>> 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
>> Anaheim Hills, Calif.
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