On Friday, February 16, 2007 10:12 AM [GMT+1=CET],
Bruce Napier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> AIUI, you should turn it off when there's no load on the alternator.
> On our system that's a rare event, as the TP supplies 230V to the
> Victron inverter/charger, so it's only if for some reason I'm running
> the engine whilst on a shoreline that there's nothing for the TP to
> do.
That's interesting. The chap who installed our 230v elex persuaded me that
it wasn't a good idea to feed a Victron (ours is a multi-plus) from the
Travelpower. He talked to both manufacturers and discovered that while the
two pieces of kit are perfectly compatible when they're both fairly new,
they can develop compatability problems with age, which then need a certain
amount of tweaking. SO we switch between the TP and the Victron as the
source of 230v depending on what we're running. In fact the only times we
absolutely need to use the TP are either when we're running the washing
machine or when we're running the microwave plus several other things. In
addition we find that when cruising, if we use the TP to power the 230v
stuff, and let the Victron charge the domestic batteries from the two
alternators, the batteries get charged quicker.
Mike Stevens
narrowboat Felis Catus III
web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk
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