Rick:A Guest 2610A Charger has two independent 5 Amp charging circuits. As does the Promar 31410. Both are 115V AC chargers, and are waterproof.Both wilkl charge the type24 batteries at about a C 20 rate. (Capacity /20 hours) The West marine starting 1000 = 95 Amp Hours, and the Deep Cycle = 85 Amp Hours.BobMy old battery charger needs replaced. I have two batteries:1) Deep cycle series 24 for the house2) West Marine Starter 1000 What would be a good battery charger that can both charge and maintain these two different Thanks in advanceRick
Rick - I know a couple of people with 40 amp Pronautica P chargers. No problems, but not much history.
Maine Sail says that the two were jointly developed so there is probably no real difference. They do look the same.
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That being the case, I'd select the one with the biggest.... No, no... I'd pick the cheapest.
Don't worry about the banks being different sizes. They will charge according to need, assuming identical chemistries and similar designs.
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I just bought a Promariner Truepower combi 2500qs inverter charger, 2500 watt inverter, 50 amp three phase charger (only one bank output) at a pawn shop for the price of a Guest 10Amp. The combi is an inverter charger, running off shore power when attached and charging batteries converting to inverter when shore power is removed, very neat but could get in trouble if unaware that the inverter was on at dock or if careless using inverter power.
Does anyone have experience with this unit? I plan on using this on the E 29 I bought for the Gulf coast. Rick I think I will be keeping her at Buccaneer Yacht club Mobile, AL, cost will be much less and Pensacola will be a long day of sailing away or two leisurely days on the intercostal. I will definitely be hanging out in Pensacola quite a bit, so I will see you there.
Rick - That's almost as nice as the one I took out of my son's '98 PS/E-333 after he bought it in 2007.
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I still have it if you want to make an offer. Sorry, the Truecharge 20 stayed with the boat.
Hi Rick,
I see you replaced your charger last year. I am installing a ProSport20 Plus in the starboard lazarette. I have the leads all set to be connected to the batteries which are in the aft cabin. But have a question about the AC connection. The PO connected the charger AC plug by cutting it off and splicing it to a AC cord that appears to run from near the electrical panel, past the head and into the stb lazarette. I'd be more comfortable if I could find an AC outlet to use instead of splicing. How did you handle this?
Thanks,
Peter
...don't forget to fuse the charger supply wire to each battery 'positive' post within 7 inches of the battery terminal.
Loren