Battery Charger

[Gregory OConnor]

Alvie, you have the same set up I do. the heart inverter has a
battery charger built into it and the PO (previous owner) added two
Truecharge 40amp chargers. the Truecharge units claim they deliver 80
amps of value because of the way the unit delivers it. but who knows
what the truth is. If the converter ( batteryCharger) burnt out in
the heart inverter and your PO installed the WFco unit, maybe there
is an issue with circuitry or somthing that has now failed two
units. My two retrofit Truecharge units are located in the third bay
back from the entry door. it looks as it took some effort to install
them there, I assumed it was placed there to keep it away from the
engine heat which is close to the inverter/converter location????????

After replacing 12 interstate 12v batteries in two years I removed
all 8 house batteries , removed the upper tray and modified the box
and lower tray to house 6 L16 batteries. I think two or four l16
would do as the runtime to recharge a battery is directly
proportional to the amount of use. I can run on the 6 batteries for
3 days then recharge with 6 hours of genset charging. or I could run
on 2 batteries for one day with two hours of genset charging. The
main advantage of having 6 batteries is if I run the genset 2 hours
every day the batteries dont cycle through a spent recharge.
(Batteries have a limited number of depleted recharge cycles.)

I would look for the reason the wfco converter and or heart
converter failed prior to installing another . The failed
converter/charge must be a result of some issue???? I often wanted
to look into a post that claimed that their detroit alt got hot when
the shore power charger was on????? I wonder if the Converter/charger
gets hot when the detroit is pumping amps????????? It seems to me
that RV's have a higher than normal engine altinator failure and 110
batterycharger failure.


GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCa

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "whynotam"
wrote:
>
> The current charger that has failed is a WFCO model WF-8875 which
is
> a 75 Amp unit and the inverter is a Heart EMS 2800 Model HD2800-12.
>
> Alvie Miller
> Arthur IL
> 93 WLWB 40'
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mbrund" <mbrund@> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> > > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > > Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
> > > > > > > > 94 WLWB
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> > > > Curt Sprenger
> > > > 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> > > > Anaheim Hills, CA
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