n36511
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- Joined
- May 19, 2014
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- USA
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- Vessel Make
- 1995 Carver 355
I have owned my Carver 355 for several months now and am beginning to make my punch list of things I want to change/fix. One issue that has caused me more than a few headaches is the battery setup and the charger for the batteries. It took me a while to figure out the factory setup, and it does not make a lot of sense as to why it is setup this way. There is zero documentation I can find about the setup either. There is a battery selector switch (1,2, both, off), two batteries, and one charger. It appears to be factory wired to pull the house draw as well as engine draw off of whatever battery selected. Additionally, the charger will only charge whichever battery is selected. This means that if I have the selector in the "1" position, all house and starting drain comes from this battery...additionally it means that only this battery is being charged. Last issue that I have....at least from a battery/charging perspective, is that when running off of the 7.3Kohler, the batteries will not charge. From what I have read, some chargers do not work well with marine generators...something about sine wave. To test my theory, I plugged in my Honda 2000 generator (made to run sensitive electronics) and the charger kicks in and starts charging. All of that being said, I need some advice. I was thinking of adding a house battery and wiring house load directly to battery, excluding the selector switch. Additionally I was going to purchase a 3 bank marine charger and wire directly to each of the three batteries...excluding the selector switch. Thoughts? Any major issue with not having multiple batteries to switch between for house load (other than amount of run time before charging?)
Thanks - Scott
Thanks - Scott