noco chargers

fred1diver

fred1diver

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Aug 17, 2013
1,071
Pearson P30 202 Ottawa/Gatineau
hey everyone, looking at changing my charger and I came upon noco chargers, anyone use them? your thoughts?
the prices are good, 250$ for a 2 bank 20amp waterproof changer, at the moment I have an old Crown charger that I don't know the state yet
 
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fred1diver

fred1diver

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Aug 17, 2013
1,071
Pearson P30 202 Ottawa/Gatineau
it's not that I don't want to encourage a fellow SBO member but, I found a 3 bank noco on clearance for 190$ Canadian, anyone use one or has any input on them?
his prices are good but when you factor the exchange rate, the price does go up
 
Ron20324

Ron20324

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Jan 22, 2008
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Beneteau 323 Annapolis MD
Ron20324 said:
For just $22 more you can get a great Sterling Charger from @@Maine Sail and support one of our most trusted and generous SBO members. And if you buy from him, you'll get great support and advice.
:plus: And green stamps???
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fred1diver

fred1diver

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Aug 17, 2013
1,071
Pearson P30 202 Ottawa/Gatineau
ok, so I puled the trigger on the NOCO, since it was a chain wide clearance ad it was their last one I bargained and they let me have it for 100 plus tx cad
 
fred1diver

fred1diver

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Aug 17, 2013
1,071
Pearson P30 202 Ottawa/Gatineau
I got the NOCO gen3 (3banks at 10 amp each) the original price was 379.99, so at 100 it is a GREAT deal
 
DArcy

DArcy

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Feb 11, 2017
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Islander Freeport 36 Ottawa
Fred, I had one on my old boat and it was a BIG step up from the dumb charger I was using previously. It worked reliably and my flooded cell batteries were happy for many years with only an annual water top up needed.
My new boat came with a Crown that I just don't trust so I bought a single output NOCO 7.5 Amp for about $90 to keep the batteries charged over the winter. I am planning on getting a Sterling sometime this year when I replace my batteries and reconfigure for a large house bank and a small starter battery with an ACR to charge the starter battery.
I plan on keeping the NOCO for a back up.
One thing I noticed about the NOCO is that you have 3x 10 Amp outputs where the Sterling has 2 outputs which combined can put out the total current so either can kick out 30 Amps if the other is 0 Amps. Since I will have one big bank and the other smaller bank will charge off that one with an ACR the NOCO wouldn't work for me. I suppose you could put all three outputs on one bank, but I wasn't sure the charger was set up to do that safely.
 
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