Hello,
I'm trying to automate the charging of batteries on my boat. I have 2 banks (2 batteries each) which are fed to a batterie with (1,2,all,off), common goes to starter and dc panel. I have installed a xantrex charger and am currently using 2 out 3 outputs available on it (sensing and charging both banks separately), so when I'm hooked up to shore power I don't need to worry about which position the batterie switch is in and know my all my batteries will be topped up. I'd like to achieve the same thing while under power (diesel running), for this purpose I bought a blue sea ACR. However I realized a problem with this, as soon as I install the ACR between the 2 banks it will combine them when it senses charging voltage. This isn't a problem when I'm under power (exactly what I want), but it is when I'm plugged in to shore power because as soon as the xantrex starts charging the batteries the ACR will combine them all confusing the charger (it no longer sees 2 banks but 1). Any help with this would be much appreciated
Antoni
I'm trying to automate the charging of batteries on my boat. I have 2 banks (2 batteries each) which are fed to a batterie with (1,2,all,off), common goes to starter and dc panel. I have installed a xantrex charger and am currently using 2 out 3 outputs available on it (sensing and charging both banks separately), so when I'm hooked up to shore power I don't need to worry about which position the batterie switch is in and know my all my batteries will be topped up. I'd like to achieve the same thing while under power (diesel running), for this purpose I bought a blue sea ACR. However I realized a problem with this, as soon as I install the ACR between the 2 banks it will combine them when it senses charging voltage. This isn't a problem when I'm under power (exactly what I want), but it is when I'm plugged in to shore power because as soon as the xantrex starts charging the batteries the ACR will combine them all confusing the charger (it no longer sees 2 banks but 1). Any help with this would be much appreciated
Antoni