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Looking for suggestions on isolating the motor cranking battery from the
house deep cycle batteries both being charged by one alternator & wind generator. Gabriel |
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I use the Eliminator from Ample Power. There is a similar product
from Balmar as well but the name escapes me. Doug s/v Callista "Gabriel Latrémouille" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... Looking for suggestions on isolating the motor cranking battery from the house deep cycle batteries both being charged by one alternator & wind generator. Gabriel |
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I use a combiner - a relay triggered by connect and disconnect voltages. It
works, though I'm not ecstatic about it. If I were doing it again I might consider the Xantrex Echocharge, which will pass a small amount of current to the starting battery. "Gabriel Latrémouille" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... Looking for suggestions on isolating the motor cranking battery from the house deep cycle batteries both being charged by one alternator & wind generator. Gabriel |
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On Tue, 25 May 2004 11:53:26 -0400, "Doug Dotson"
wrote: I use the Eliminator from Ample Power. There is a similar product from Balmar as well but the name escapes me. Doug s/v Callista It's called the Duo Charge. I have one and it works great. __________________________________________________ __________ Glen "Wiley" Wilson usenet1 SPAMNIX at worldwidewiley dot com To reply, lose the capitals and do the obvious. Take a look at cpRepeater, my NMEA data integrator, repeater, and logger at http://www.worldwidewiley.com/ |
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Actually, what I was thinking of was the Echo Charge from Xantrex.
But I got the company wrong :) The DuoCharge seems to be a similar device as well. Both copies of the Eliminator which has been around for years before both of the others. Doug s/v Callista "Glen "Wiley" Wilson" wrote in message ... On Tue, 25 May 2004 11:53:26 -0400, "Doug Dotson" wrote: I use the Eliminator from Ample Power. There is a similar product from Balmar as well but the name escapes me. Doug s/v Callista It's called the Duo Charge. I have one and it works great. __________________________________________________ __________ Glen "Wiley" Wilson usenet1 SPAMNIX at worldwidewiley dot com To reply, lose the capitals and do the obvious. Take a look at cpRepeater, my NMEA data integrator, repeater, and logger at http://www.worldwidewiley.com/ |
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Gabriel:
I have used both West Marine's battery combiner and Xantrex's Echo Charger to link a starting battery and a house bank of batteries. Both serve the same function, but with slightly different concepts, and both work well. If you need an inverter, then get the Xantrex inverter with the built in Echo Charge circuit. Otherwise either will do the job. David |
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On Tue, 25 May 2004 23:05:30 -0400, "Doug Dotson"
wrote: Actually, what I was thinking of was the Echo Charge from Xantrex. But I got the company wrong :) The DuoCharge seems to be a similar device as well. Both copies of the Eliminator which has been around for years before both of the others. Doug s/v Callista I believe the DuoCharge is pretty much a knockoff of Eliminator, functionally. I wanted an Eliminator for a long time, but choked at the cost. The DuoCharge came along at a better price point, so I jumped at it. The Xantrex is really a different beast, though the difference is subtle. It follows the input voltage profile, whereas the DuoCharge is effectively a single stage charger powered off the house bank instead of 110v. If your starter and house banks are the same type, the Xantrex will likely do a better job of keeping the starter bank charged if it gets discharged more than starter banks normally do. It does not work as well if batteries with significantly charging voltage requirements are used. The DuoCharge allows for batteries of different types, but the output curve is basically similar to an automotive regulator. __________________________________________________ __________ Glen "Wiley" Wilson usenet1 SPAMNIX at worldwidewiley dot com To reply, lose the capitals and do the obvious. Take a look at cpRepeater, my NMEA data integrator, repeater, and logger at http://www.worldwidewiley.com/ |
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For higher reliablity, use a diode isolator. Please see Section 7.1.9
in the Car and Deep Cycle Battery FAQ on www.batterfaq.org for more information and other alternatives. Kindest regards, BiLL..... "Jeff Morris" wrote in message ... I use a combiner - a relay triggered by connect and disconnect voltages. It works, though I'm not ecstatic about it. If I were doing it again I might consider the Xantrex Echocharge, which will pass a small amount of current to the starting battery. "Gabriel Latrémouille" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... Looking for suggestions on isolating the motor cranking battery from the house deep cycle batteries both being charged by one alternator & wind generator. Gabriel |
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A diode isolator is probably the last choice for a number of
reasons. A combiner is next best, something like the Eliminator or EchoCharge is the best choice IMHO. Doug s/v Callista "Bill Darden" wrote in message om... For higher reliablity, use a diode isolator. Please see Section 7.1.9 in the Car and Deep Cycle Battery FAQ on www.batterfaq.org for more information and other alternatives. Kindest regards, BiLL..... "Jeff Morris" wrote in message ... I use a combiner - a relay triggered by connect and disconnect voltages. It works, though I'm not ecstatic about it. If I were doing it again I might consider the Xantrex Echocharge, which will pass a small amount of current to the starting battery. "Gabriel Latrémouille" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... Looking for suggestions on isolating the motor cranking battery from the house deep cycle batteries both being charged by one alternator & wind generator. Gabriel |
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