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Author:  07H200SS [ Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:18 am ]
Post subject:  Battery Charger
I picked up a Promariner dual bank charger this weekend on sale for $94.00 and installed it. Anyone have expierence with these? ANything I should do or not do? Do you still pull your batteries for the winter? It gets pretty cold here remember. Here is the one I got.

http://www.pmariner.com/productFeature. ... tNum=31310
Author:  Cap'n Morgan [ Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Battery Charger
07H200SS wrote:
I picked up a Promariner dual bank charger this weekend on sale for $94.00 and installed it. Anyone have expierence with these? ANything I should do or not do? Do you still pull your batteries for the winter? It gets pretty cold here remember. Here is the one I got.

http://www.pmariner.com/productFeature. ... tNum=31310


No personal experience with the chargers, but here is some info you should read. Some people have had issues with them.

http://my.boatus.com/forum/forum_posts. ... 63819&PN=1
Author:  07H200SS [ Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Battery Charger
Looks like the problems they are having is with a different model than mine. Almost bought that one to, but it was $30.00 more and only advantage is a quicker charge. Mine states it charges in 10-14 hours which is plenty for me.
Author:  Optimus Prime [ Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:35 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Battery Charger
I had a similar two bank charger on my previous Sea Ray for a few years. S-R was carbuerated and hard starting as well as amps and sub woudl draw batteries down. I did find my battereis lasted much longer. Very happy with it! No problems. When I traded in the S-R I took it out and plan to install into the 260H.

However, since it gets below freezing quite a bit where I store my boat I always take my batteries out for the winter and store them in a warm storage shed (on the float charger of course). So I don't have overwinter storage in the boat experience.
Author:  oldsman [ Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Battery Charger
I did quite abit of research and found alot of people have had problems with them prosports. I went with a guest 16202. A new type of charger and the company got great reviews. It did cost me 198.00 to my door. Just my two cents.
Author:  cougarcruiser [ Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Battery Charger
oldsman wrote:
I did quite abit of research and found alot of people have had problems with them prosports. I went with a guest 16202. A new type of charger and the company got great reviews. It did cost me 198.00 to my door. Just my two cents.



I'd love to see the 'research' results.

So far - one person has had a problem. And yeah - 3 chargers -- that's bad luck. I wonder if they should try #4.

I have had promariner chargers and inverter. Both worked flawlessly.

And if you notice the thread - there are at leat 5 people that say "I have one and it works great".

1 complainer, 5+ happy. tack on the people on this forum that have had good luck with promariner products. I'd bet you'll be at 80-90% quality. Is that 99.9 quality control - we need a larger sampling.

I'd be confident that the promariner is a quality product.
Author:  jsimon [ Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Battery Charger
I know sombody will say otherwise, and I used to be one of them. I no longer take my batteries out... I did the first couple years and swore up and down I would put the charger on them once a month.... I think it happend once. The last few years I have left the batteries in over the winter, charged them right before storage, and again after pulling from storage. No problems. I always lower the outdrive for the winter, and I have been able to raise it in the spring with no problems at all.

I tried this the first year, when I learned the Fours winns dealer stores boats like that... so I thought I would give it a try.

Ok now everybody be easy on me :mrgreen:
Author:  aguyindallas [ Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Battery Charger
I would like to get myself a two bank onboard charger as well. This getting up in the boat to change batteries and such is a drag. I do not pull my batteries out either. I too lower the front of the trailer down and drop down the drive.
Author:  07H200SS [ Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Battery Charger
aguyindallas wrote:
I would like to get myself a two bank onboard charger as well. This getting up in the boat to change batteries and such is a drag. I do not pull my batteries out either. I too lower the front of the trailer down and drop down the drive.


+1 on getting the batteries up in the boat. What a pain to take batteries in/out of the boat. The charger I bought seems to be working great. Only complaint is the wires seem to be a little short and in instructions manual WARNS no to cut or try to lengthen the cables. Says it could casue damage to charger which to my knowledge seems odd. Basically you have a positive and negative so not sure why it would hurt to make the cables longer.
Author:  aguyindallas [ Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Battery Charger
When I was referring about getting in and out of the boat to change batteries, I was referring to my current setup. Having to get in and out of the boat to move the charger from one battery to the next. Would be so much better to be able to just plug in.

I am wondering/thinking that the reason they say not to change the length of the cables probably has something to do with resistance on the wires. The charger is probably putting out an equal charge on each "bank". So, if you cut one of the cables, you have decreased the resistance, therefore allowing more current to flow to one battery over the other.

I am not an electrical engineer and dont even play one on TV, so take that with a grain of salt.
Author:  07H200SS [ Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Battery Charger
aguyindallas wrote:
When I was referring about getting in and out of the boat to change batteries, I was referring to my current setup. Having to get in and out of the boat to move the charger from one battery to the next. Would be so much better to be able to just plug in.

I am wondering/thinking that the reason they say not to change the length of the cables probably has something to do with resistance on the wires. The charger is probably putting out an equal charge on each "bank". So, if you cut one of the cables, you have decreased the resistance, therefore allowing more current to flow to one battery over the other.

I am not an electrical engineer and dont even play one on TV, so take that with a grain of salt.

What you said makes sense. It is nice to just have a plug waiting for me to just plug in once the boat is back in the garage.
Author:  Jim_R [ Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Battery Charger
I have a two bank charger and left the batteries in the boat over the winter (and hooked up to the charger) for the first time. Was up ther last weekend, and both showed fully charged, all appeared to be well. I'll know more a month or two into the season.
Author:  07H200SS [ Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Battery Charger
Jim_R wrote:
I have a two bank charger and left the batteries in the boat over the winter (and hooked up to the charger) for the first time. Was up ther last weekend, and both showed fully charged, all appeared to be well. I'll know more a month or two into the season.


That is good to know. Them damn batteries are a pain to get in and out.
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