What do people thing?

[sprog]

We plan to beef up the battery bank to just over 500ah and need a charger to suit

 

https://electroquestuk.com/products/battery-chargers/fully-automatic-4-stage-marine-industrial-battery-charger-12v-100a.html

 

Any constructive thoughts in regards to this product

[trackman]

Iirc there have been recommendations about electroquest chargers on the forum in the past. Try searching the relevant sub forums.

[sprog]

Have had a troll through and they all talk about smaller spec chargers. I rang the company this morning had a chat and have purchased said item.

 

It can only go 1 of 2 ways so I shall wait for the delivery tomorrow

[Nightwatch]

I would be interested to know how you get on with this. I'm thinking of purchasing a suitable charger.

 

Please keep us posted.

 

Martyn

[sprog]

Well I've unpackaged the red monster and it's by no means a stylish unit but it should never run hot with its 3 fans (no louder then my old Merlin 20amp charger) and it's large casing. It's all wired in to my 530 ish ah battery bank which was down to 12.2v when I turned the unit on. So time shall tell

[Nightwatch]

Interesting. Mind, we don't all heed 'good' looking battery chargers. As long as they do the job, and save a few pennies who cares.

 

Martyn

[Phil Ambrose]

What is the output and how many outputs?

Phil

[Nightwatch]

In the spec above it says a twin output. It also says 12v 100amp output. Is this right.

 

Martyn

 

Edit. My mistake. I think it's 50amp. Sounds better.

Edited April 11, 2014 by Nightwatch

[bigcol]

I've got a 3 out put 30amp Stirling coming up for sale soon.

 

It's Red

[lexicon]

Id be very interested in the charger col. Any idea of the model ?

[bigcol]

Yes

The manual covers PT1210/1220 and PT1230

Just 2 years old

 

http://www.sterling-power.com/images/downloads/Pro%20charge%20C%20instructions.pdf

 

Just been in engine room

It's 30 amp

Pm me your email address I can send 3 photos

 

Apologies to hijacking Sprogs post

 

Col

[sprog]

Sorry for the lack of replys. My wife has started contractions

 

Regarding the electroquest 100amp charger, I ran it from our 3000watt psw genny and on charger startup I have to start on NON Eco mode as it will cut out and then I'm able to switch bk to Eco. It seemed to take nearly 4 hrs to charge from 12.2v

 

It looks to me that bang for buck its a good charger and with the ability to half the output amp I will be able to give the battery a slower charge when hocked up to a land line at a VM

Yes

The manual covers PT1210/1220 and PT1230

Just 2 years old

 

http://www.sterling-power.com/images/downloads/Pro%20charge%20C%20instructions.pdf

 

Just been in engine room

It's 30 amp

Pm me your email address I can send 3 photos

 

Apologies to hijacking Sprogs post

 

Col

No need to apologise

Edited April 13, 2014 by sprog

[matty40s]

Sorry for the lack of replys. My wife has started contractions

.......

perhaps you didn't wire her in correctly....

 

 

It will be interesting to see how this lump charges, I am looking at adding a charger later this year so the Genny can be used instead of the enjun

[sprog]

Wife is defo wired in correctly, i dare not say otherwise as she might kill me atm

 

As I said, bang for buck it a good charger but to add to that I'm glad I over specified on the genny as any smaller it would have to run on full chat for hrs

[Arthur Brown]

The usual issue with large chargers is that they can take a lot of power to start up, especially into flat batteries. You may not always get the necessary power from a shoreline of limited current capacity.

[Smileysmiley]

Hi new here, I have owned this 100 amp charger for over a year now which I use to charge 675 amp hours battery bank seems to be a decent charger,multiple charging modes. most I have seen being input is 87 amps through NASA battery monitor hope this helps recommended.

[magnetman]

In answer to the op's question

 

I like to thing a thong now and then