Battery Charger Quality

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Al - s/v Persephone

Al - s/v Persephone

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Jun 5, 2004
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Hunter 36 Newburyport, MA
My ProMariner ProTech 1230i charger (installed last September) has died (in the middle of my Nantucket/Vineyard cruise, naturally).

My original ProTech 1230 (new with my 05H36) lasted through that time (and over 7,000nm), even though I thought its physical/mechanical appearance was more Fiat than BMW.

So, when I saw the new 1230i, whose physical appearance is much more impressive/rugged looking, I assumed its reliability would at least equal, and perhaps exceed, that of its more primitive predesessor.

Obviously, I made a poor choice.

With what manufacturers of 3-bank 30-to-50 amp chargers have you folks had the best reliability experience?

(I am space limited and only need/want a charger, not charger/inverter.)

Any opinions on the Xantrex TrueCharge 2 40amp charger?

(I love the functionality of my Link 20, but its manufacturing quality is so cheesy that I hope it's not representative of Xantrex as a whole).

Fair Winds,
Al - s/v Persephone
 
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Steve Dion

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Dec 2, 1999
15,184
Hunter Vision-36 Rio Vista, CA.
Al: Take a look at the Xantrex XC series. I replaced my original charger that came with my Hunter Vision 36 3 years ago. It has been flawless. This is the second Xantrex product that I have had without any incident.
 
kloudie1

kloudie1

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Nov 6, 2006
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Hunter 34 Mandeville Louisiana
I have been very happy with my Xantrex Truecharge .. the current one may be better.. I have the remote panel and the temperature sensor.. Has been fine for a few years now.. batteries are very happy compared to the old ferro-resonant charger.
 
Maine Sail

Maine Sail

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Feb 6, 1998
11,760
Canadian Sailcraft 36T Casco Bay, ME
Al,

If you use any sort of combiner or Echo type charger you won't need a charger with multiple outputs. If you do utilize an ACR/VSR charging relay or an Echo type charger the I highly recommend the Iota line of chargers..
 
druid

druid

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Apr 22, 2009
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Ontario 32 Pender Harbour
I used a Xantrex Truecharge 40 for many years and it worked great. I really like the independant outputs, and it allowed me to keep batteries for over 5 years, despite the occasional deep discharge. About the only thing bad I can say about them is the terminals are kinda wimpy (hopefully they've fixed that...)

druid
 
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