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Jim,
On my Trace charger/inverter, I can limit the time of a bulk charge and then it
is forced to a float stage. Does the Heart have such a feature?
Jeff B.
Jim Lynch wrote:
> Went down to the boat this weekend. Actually got to take it out to
> sail. Had a enough people on board to get it back in the slip. When I
> got there Friday night, I noticed the Link panel showed the batteries,
> both banks, were "charging". I killed the charger and watched the
> voltage on both banks go to abou 5 volts within seconds. Pulled up the
> sole and checked the water. All batteries boiled dry, hot and bulged
> out. I realized that I had left the switch in the parallel position so
> both banks were connected. I'm guessing that one of the cells is/was
> weak (they all are now 8( ) and the charger was trying it's heart (pun
> intended) out to get it to come up to charge.
>
> Lesson learned. Don't leave the charger on. If the bilge pump kills
> 200+ amp hour battery bank, I've either got to get to the boat more
> often and/or I've got lots bigger problems. I've got a float only
> charger I'll take down the next time.
>
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