Battery Charger

[Bob Lawrence]

I bought the PDI 80 amp charger net off Ebay for $199 plus shipping.
Replaced 2 regular bat. chargers. Will check with PDI to see about
getting a backup 80 amp refirb. model.
Bob Lawrence
84 PT36 (With 16 months till we fulltime)
Tacoma, Wa.
> Thanks to all of you for the information.
> I was going to purchase one 80AMP charger with the charge wizard
to replace the 2 factory 50AMP chargers (the plugs were burnt
looking ). I would like to get by with just one 60AMP PDI which I
can get on E-Bay for $135.00 with the charge wizard. I did find one
80amp PDI for $279.00..not from the same seller...
> I guess I may buy 2 60amp chargers. I will leave the bus plugged
in while in storage for the charge wizard to control the charge
amount.
> Thanks for the good idea, never thought of using two smaller
chargers...
> Chris Reed
> 83 FC35 SB
> Plant City,FL.
>
> orbitalsolutions wrote:
> Hello, Chris.
>
> Technically speaking, your battery charger should not exceed 27%
of
> the banks total Amp Hours in charging Amps. I am strictly talking
> about conventional lead-acid batteries.
>
> In other words, if your bank has a total of four hundered Amp
> Hours. You should not use anymore than a 108 amp charger.
>
> You can use smaller chargers without any problem. Of course, it
> will take longer to charge the bank, more gen run time, than if
you
> had a larger charger.
>
> IOTA chargers can be configured in parallel with a common external
> micro-processor called an "IQ Smart Charger."
>
> This allows you to use two 55 Amp chargers to achieve 110 Amps. Or
> two 75 Amp chargers for 150 amps, or two 90 Amp chargers to get
180
> charging Amps. Their largest charger is 90 Amps.
>
> If you were to use one of the single models, say the 90 Amp model,
> it is available with an internal "Smart Charge" micro-processor.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> James
> 78FC33SB "Old School"
> Tunica, MS
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Chris"
> wrote:
> >
> > Ended up replacing the old tires with the Kumho's
today..$1917.00
> The
> > old tires had cracks all over...Those were 8 year old
> > Continentals...This bus will probably make one trip to PA and
then
> the
> > rest will be local in state trips. Maybe if the coach was going
to
> get
> > more use then I would have spent more for the better brand
tires..
> > Ok, for my question, I am going to replace my old battery
chargers
> > (100amp) with a new Progressive Dynamics with charge wizard.
Would
> I
> > be able to use a 60amp instead of a larger unit? I have seen a
few
> > 80amp units but not many. I can get a 60amp for $135.00 with the
> > Charge Wizard.
> > I am also going to get new batteries also. Have not decided on
the
> > brand yet..have heard good things on here about Sams Club.
Trojans
> are
> > an option also....
> > Thanks
> > Chris Reed
> > 83 FC35 SB
> > Plant City, FL.
> >
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