On Wed, 18 May 2005 20:37:38 GMT, "Gordon Wedman" wrote:


"engsol" wrote in message
.. .
I purchased a Xantrex TrueCharge 20+ for my boat. Since I only have two
batteries, I'm wondering about the advisabilty of using the third (unused)
charger output to run on-board 12 V 'stuff' while plugged into shore
power.

What I visualize is a cable from the charger to a CB (CB1) switch, which
then would
go to the primary DC breaker/disconnect (CB2)

charger ---CB1---CB2---DC Panel---Load
Batt---Bat SelSw-----^

Any pros/cons you see?

Regards,
Norm B

I've got the same units and am not using the fixed 12v output. Don't see
any advantage to this over connecting stuff to the batteries through my
circuit breaker panel.

After thinking it over, and based on comments to my post, I agree.
Not worth the trouble.
Question: What did you use for the disconnect between the charger
and the batteries? Fuse only? Circuit breaker?