"Geoffrey W. Schultz" wrote in Message-id:


"Doug Dotson" wrote in
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I don't like them. They don;t provide an optimal
charge for the start battery. A better solution is to get an
Eliminator from
AmplePower or an EchoCharge from Balmar. They provide a
better charge for the starting battery.

What do you base this upon?


He bases it upon the fact that he knows about the charger concerned, the
batteries, the alternator and everything else in the installation.

Unfortunately what Doug "knows" is wrong.

Battery combiners are a good solution to a problem.

I base it upon the fact that I have seen many of them fail
rather than work. Generally it has resulted in the destruction
of either the starter or house battery or both.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Geoffrey W. Schultz" wrote in message
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"Doug Dotson" wrote in
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I don't like them. They don;t provide an optimal
charge for the start battery. A better solution is to get an
Eliminator from
AmplePower or an EchoCharge from Balmar. They provide a
better charge for the starting battery.

What do you base this upon?

-- Geoff

Nice try Jaxie.

"Folklore killer" wrote in message
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"Geoffrey W. Schultz" wrote in Message-id:


"Doug Dotson" wrote in
:

I don't like them. They don;t provide an optimal
charge for the start battery. A better solution is to get an
Eliminator from
AmplePower or an EchoCharge from Balmar. They provide a
better charge for the starting battery.

What do you base this upon?


He bases it upon the fact that he knows about the charger concerned, the
batteries, the alternator and everything else in the installation.

Unfortunately what Doug "knows" is wrong.

Battery combiners are a good solution to a problem.

"Doug Dotson" AMcom wrote in Message-id:


Nice try Jaxie.


So Doug doesn't know about chargers, doesn't know about split charge systems,
doesn't know about batteries. In fact Doug doesn't seem to know anything about
marine power systems.

He now asserts that he knows I am someone called "Jaxie"

Guess what folks. Doug is wrong _again_

To reiterate.....

Everything you stated in your post was incorrect. It was bad advice,
technically incorrect and founded on poor technical knowledge and fault
diagnosis.

"Doug Dotson" AMcom wrote in Message-id:


I base it upon the fact that I have seen many of them fail
rather than work. Generally it has resulted in the destruction
of either the starter or house battery or both.


And again Doug shows his complete lack of "expert" knowledge.

If you have seen "many" battery combiners fail that is because they were either
cheap ones or incorrectly sized for the job. If they were incorrectly sized for
the job then, having shown how little you know, I suspect _you_ installed them.

Failed battery combiners result in one or more batteries not being charged.
This shows itself as a flat battery. It does _not_ destroy the battery.

Go back to school. If you ever actually went.

I notice you have not tried to refute _anything_ I have stated.

Everyone else reading this thread will have noticed too.

Now then Doug, I dare you to argue back.

Then I stand corrected, Jaxie.

"Folklore killer" wrote in message
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"Doug Dotson" AMcom wrote in Message-id:


Nice try Jaxie.


So Doug doesn't know about chargers, doesn't know about split charge
systems,
doesn't know about batteries. In fact Doug doesn't seem to know anything
about
marine power systems.

He now asserts that he knows I am someone called "Jaxie"

Guess what folks. Doug is wrong _again_

To reiterate.....

Everything you stated in your post was incorrect. It was bad advice,
technically incorrect and founded on poor technical knowledge and fault
diagnosis.

OK JAX. You win!

"Folklore killer" wrote in message
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"Doug Dotson" AMcom wrote in Message-id:


I base it upon the fact that I have seen many of them fail
rather than work. Generally it has resulted in the destruction
of either the starter or house battery or both.


And again Doug shows his complete lack of "expert" knowledge.

If you have seen "many" battery combiners fail that is because they were
either
cheap ones or incorrectly sized for the job. If they were incorrectly
sized for
the job then, having shown how little you know, I suspect _you_ installed
them.

Failed battery combiners result in one or more batteries not being
charged.
This shows itself as a flat battery. It does _not_ destroy the battery.

Go back to school. If you ever actually went.

I notice you have not tried to refute _anything_ I have stated.

Everyone else reading this thread will have noticed too.

Now then Doug, I dare you to argue back.

"Doug Dotson" wrote in
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Then I stand corrected, Jaxie.

And yet another Kill File entry. JAX, get a life! Or better yet, some
manners.

-- Geoff

"Doug Dotson" AMcom wrote in Message-id:


OK JAX. You win!


And yet I note that _still_ you cannot refute anything I say.

"Geoffrey W. Schultz" wrote in Message-id:


"Doug Dotson" wrote in
:

Then I stand corrected, Jaxie.

And yet another Kill File entry. JAX, get a life! Or better yet, some
manners.


I posted nothing that was bad mannered.

What I _did_ post was _factual_ information. Unlike the half brained folklore
and bull**** posted by Doug, the self professed "expert"

Doug does not know what he is talking about and people on usenet would do
themselves a lot of favours if they realised that and stop listening to his
technically incorrect folklore.