Mike,
So you just unplugged the charger then reconnected and it started charging again? That's good to know. I would guess the "time-out" time period would be information the charger manufacturer should have. Knowing that you should be able to cycle through off/on regularly and have no interruption in power. Right?
Mark
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> "Another thing to consider is what happens to your charger if you use it
> as a power supply. For example, you run your generator to feed your
> charger and motor the boat under electric power without drawing down the
> batteries. Not all chargers can handle this type of usage. Some
> chargers will believe there is a battery fault if they are running at
> 20A all the time. They expect the "batteries" to eventually get full
> and they apparently never do. I think Mike from
> http://biankablog. blogspot. com can expand more on this from his experience."
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> I believe Jason is right about the battery chargers "going dumb" on occassion. I was doing some extended motoring using my ZIVAN NG-1 and running it flat out with the Honda 2000 providing power. At the time I did not have a functioning current meter so I was cruising along when several hours later I began to notice that the battery bank voltage was dropping but, the Zivan charger still had a green light. So I kept moving along. When the battery bank voltage hit 48 volts I figured there was some kind of problem. I disconnected the Zivan from the Honda generator and reconnected it and the charger started to charge again (red light = bulk charge). If I had a functioning current meter I would have noticed that the battery charger had gone into a fault mode much sooner and reset of the charger earlier which would have prevented the increased draw down of the battery bank. I have since been able to repair the defective current meter
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> Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Hello electric boat fans
> To: electricboats@
> Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 4:34 PM
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> It would cost around $2500 for just the parts to create an electric inboard installation, batteries not included. Some engineering skill and a fair bit of labor is needed to complete the install and keep the blue smoke inside the controller;)
> Â If you have an outboard mount already I'd think the Torqeedo is your best option.
> Check with Todd at Epower marine, he is very knowledgable about Torqeedo motors.
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