For what its worth my comment is. You need to make sure the out put of the charger will be high enough, the diesel heaters do actually take a lot out of the batteries, I know through my own experience. We had a lovely Durite charger 12 amp four stage was running for 3 or 4 years, but when the Makuni diesel heater come along (MX60), I was finding my charger was on nearly maxmium all the time and if it was very cold, or we sed the Makuni more often then 12 amp per hour was just not enough. Or present charger is rated at 30 - 35 amps and that seems very able to keep up. Someone suggested using a timer I was told and have always been taught that its a no no, if anything goes wrong it might be a big bang, or knackered cooked batteries etc not a chance I would like to take. A timer is ok for a light, if the timer goes wrong then the light is either on for londger or shorter, but your battery charger is putting power back in? Moose
To: [email protected]: [email protected]: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:36:06 +0000Subject: [canals-list] Re: trickle chargers Black and Decker do a charger that can be left on 24/7 I hear they are good and much cheaper than a "marine" onehttp://www.blackanddecker.co.uk/automotive/productdetails/catno/BDV1085/JulianIn message <[email protected]>, Steve Heaven <[email protected]> writes>>>Our boat has a frost stat which fires up the Eberspacher when the >temperature goes below 3 degrees.>>However in this cold spell the Eberspascher has been draining the>battery so leaving the the boat unprotected against the cold.>I have the opportunity of some shoreline power and propose to run a>trickle charger to keep the battery topped up. I understand that a>'normal' battery charger left on permanently could damage the batteries>and that a special trickle charger is needed.>>Does anyone have more info on this and can point me in the right>direction?>>Thanks>>Steve>-- Julian TetherBarge Parglenae-mail: [email protected] _________________________________________________________________ Get Windows Live Messenger on your Mobile http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000001ukm/direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
