Norm, I also bought a Yandina combiner (150 amp). I had tons of questions and exchanged endless email about my concerns, charge voltages, all kinds of stuff about combining gel and flooded banks. Anne-Marie was very patient and helpful through that process.
Then I went cruising the with the combiner, and it failed within 2 weeks! Sheesh! What the ! Anne-Marie apologized, explained how rarely they have problems, and exchanged the unit promptly, no problem! Wow, great service, great product! The combiner has worked flawlessly since then. Every time I open the engine room door, I see the combiner green light on. No stress about those big red switches any more. I'm happy and my batteries are happy. -Neal. Norm of Bandersnatch wrote: > > > Bald Faced Endorsement > > I installed one of Ann-Marie's combiners about a year ago and ever since > then my main engine and my genset have never failed to start. The genset > particularly always spins vigorously and coughs into life immediately, > something it has often not done BC (before combiner). > > The combiner has completely eliminated this thorn in my side. Remembering > to parallel the start and house batteries (and separate them when finished) > when charging either in the past was not a good technique. > > Trust me; discovering that both house and start batteries are flat is a > sickening event. > > I strongly believe that everyone that has two or more battery banks in > their vessel should connect them with one of Ann-Marie's combiners. You'll > be glad you did. > > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > Lying Julington Creek FL > 30 07.72N 081 38.4W > > > > >> The combiners we sell set a priority for the battery that is directly >> connected to the charging source. They are far more intelligent than a >> paralleling relay. They only transfer charge through the combiner to > the >> secondary battery as excess capacity becomes available from the charging >> source on the primary battery. So if one battery is charged and the > other >> is low, the low one will never steal charge from the good one like a >> parallel switch does. >> >> Your best shot at emergency redundancy is a back-up battery that is kept >> charged and isolated with a combiner. >> >> Regards, >> >> Ann-Marie Foster, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
