Battery Charger

[mbrund]

My '92 had twin IOTA 45-AMP chargers from the factory.

I am about to rip both my IOTA's out and Inverter and replace with a
single Xantrex Inverter/Charger. I came to the conclusion that for
the price of two chargers, it was the best option. Plus I get the
latest Inverter technology with it.

Be aware the BB inverter circuit is setup a little differently than
other coachs I have owned. You can see a thread on the other Yahoo
Wanderlodge forum that discusses the BB Inverter electrical system
setup.

Michael Brundridge
'92 WB40
Georgetown, TX



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "whynotam"
wrote:
>
> There was a single charger and I am not sure of the capacity but
will
> look it up tonight and let you know.
>
> "I went out to the coach yesterday to check the fridge and noticed
the
> gas alarm was beeping. Long story short, the battery charger had
gone
> south and thus the house bateries were down to almost zip. Any
> suggestions on what charger to buy? I have 8 deep cycle 12 volt
house
> batteries as well as the standard 3 starting batteries."
>
> Alvie Miller
> 93 WLWB 40'
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Curt Sprenger"
> wrote:
> >
> > Alvie,
> >
> > I haven't been following this thread other than I recall a
posting
> saying
> > your charging system went south.Give me some details and I'll
try
> to take a
> > look at the options you can take. What charging system is in the
> coach now?
> > How many? What capacitie(s)? Were you happy with what's there
now
> up until
> > the failure? How many batteries did the failed unit(s) charge?
> Batteries 6
> > or 12 volt?
> >
> > On 10/1/07, whynotam wrote:
> > >
> > > Curt,
> > >
> > > Help.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Alvie Miller
> > > Arthur IL
> > > 93 WLWB 40'
> > >
> > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > 40yahoogroups.com>,
> > > "Rob Robinson"
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > First off you might want to contact Curt Sprenger as I
believe
> he
> > > has done
> > > > some of this work. I believe you need two chargers to reduce
the
> > > time it
> > > > takes to put a charge into 8 batteries. I have eight 6V golf
> carts
> > > for the
> > > > house and the more chargers the better. It isn't redundancy
like
> > > the two
> > > > water pumps
> > > >
> > > > On 01/10/2007, whynotam wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I will check to see what model inverter I have tonight
after
> > > work to
> > > > > see if it might have some resale value. Would installation
> > > > > instructions that come with a new unit be adequate for an
> > > > > electrically challenged person to do the install? Also I
am
> not
> > > quite
> > > > > clear on why two chargers are required instead of just one
> like I
> > > > > have now. Is it for redundancy?
> > > > >
> > > > > Alvie Miller
> > > > > Arthur IL
> > > > > 1993 WLWB 40'
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > 40yahoogroups.com>
> > > > > > 40yahoogroups.com>,
> > > > > "Rob Robinson"
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Alvie, Pete's suggestion for an upgrade to an
> inverter/charger
> > > > > combination
> > > > > > is certainly worth considering. If you could get
anything
> for
> > > your
> > > > > existing
> > > > > > inverter it would make the $$$ numbers better.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 01/10/2007, Pete Masterson wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I've heard good reports about the Xantrex 40+ three-
stage
> > > > > charger. See:
> > > > > > > <http://www.xantrex.com/web/id/69/p/1/pt/7/product.asp>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Or, you may want to upgrade both your charger and
inverter
> > > with a
> > > > > new
> > > > > > > inverter-charger.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Pete Masterson
> > > > > > > '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
> > > > > > > El Sobrante CA
> > > > > > > aeonix1@
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Oct 1, 2007, at 9:35 AM, whynotam wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I went out to the coach yesterday to check the
fridge
> and
> > > > > noticed the
> > > > > > > > gas alarm was beeping. Long story short, the battery
> charger
> > > > > had gone
> > > > > > > > south and thus the house bateries were down to
almost
> zip.
> > > Any
> > > > > > > > suggestions on what charger to buy? I have 8 deep
cycle
> 12
> > > volt
> > > > > house
> > > > > > > > batteries as well as the standard 3 starting
batteries.
> > > Thanks
> > > > > for
> > > > > > > > your
> > > > > > > > assistance.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
> > > > > > 94 WLWB
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
> > > > 94 WLWB
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Curt Sprenger
> > 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> > Anaheim Hills, CA
> >
> >
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