regulator

  1. Balmar SmartLink Network and App

    E32-200 Balmar SmartLink Network and App

    A careful user of a sailboat (or any boat, really) should want to periodically know the answer to the questions: How well-charged are my batteries? Is my alternator operating normally? A careful installer of a system monitoring the batteries and power supply of the same sailboat will ask...
  2. windblown

    Ok to shorten BALMAR regulator sensor wires?

    I have an older BALMAR 612-dual regulator. The temperature sensor wires are 120“ each, and I only need about 1/3 of that length. Is there any reason that I shouldn’t shorten them? I would do it at the regulator end, replacing the insulated female connectors. I tried to check with BALMAR this...
  3. C

    Sterling regulator

    I read this recent article by Niger Calder about Sterling regulators. One of the big mags. Who would have thought? Essence: don't go fancy on alternators or batteries, use to the MAX what you have. As usual great writing. I did a bit of searching in the archives, but nothing popped out...
  4. T

    Balmar Regulator Trouble?

    Before I call Balmar in the morning, I wanted to run this by the experts on the board. I’m installing the Leece-Neville 89 amp alternator and a Balmar ARS-5 regulator. At the same time, I am separating the house and start circuits and installed a Blue Seas ACR. I go to turn the...
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    Smoking voltage regulator!

    Here we go again.... The boat is on the hard and plugged into AC power, AC panel is on and the Xantrex/Statpower Truecharge 20 is on charging the batteries. No different than I have done many times before.... Working on wiring in new instruments I noticed that the battery combiner solenoid was...
  6. Shadowfax

    Installation of a Balmar Aternator & Xantrex Regulator

    I'm posting this to the list in the hope that it may be of service to someone thinking of this upgrade. I originally wrote this to Tom Metzger, resident electrical engineer and my personal electrical guru, who helped me thought the decision process and the mechanics of the installation...
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