Edd, The Echo charger will transfer a portion of the charge power to start battery any time the voltage on the house bank is above a certain point (that is adjustable too). the amount of power it steals is dependant on the difference in the voltages between the two banks. The included instructions are quite good. James “Delaney”
From: Edd Schillay via CnC-List Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 4:59 PM To: mailto:[email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List Wiring Diagram Fred, Thanks (and thanks to all who have provided advice and diagrams — LOVE this f-in list!!) So here’s my concern, which may be a non-issue because I’m not understanding it correctly: As I understand it, the Echo charger will transfer charge to another bank when the primary bank is full (correct?) Since I mainly run the engine for 20 minutes or so powering out to a start line on a Wednesday Night, and if 20 minutes is not enough time to effectively charge the house bank, would the starting battery then not get charged? And if so, would I not eventually drain the starting battery to the point that I can’t start the engine without combining? All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log On Jan 30, 2015, at 4:49 PM, Frederick G Street <[email protected]> wrote: Edd — it’s best with this kind of setup to have ALL the charging sources go to the larger house bank, then use the combiner or EchoCharge to keep the start battery topped off. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Jan 30, 2015, at 3:32 PM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: My solar panel regulator has two outputs, so I could conceivably have one go to the house and the other go to the engine battery (or maybe I shouldn’t??) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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