Samuel,
Mike has posted many times about his attempts to use his Dual-Pro charger as a power supply while underway. While he can describe his experiences in more detail, the Dual Pro will not support sustained operation under heavy load (i.e. 15A for the Dual Pro). Mike has been able to use his Zivan charger to extend his range as long as the fuel in his Honda generator holds out.
The good news from Brian is the amperage that the Elcon was able to sustain using a Honda 2000W generator as a power source. I think that most of the converted boats on this board acheive an acceptable cruising speed with 25A @ 48V.
Fair winds,
Eric
Marina del Rey, CA
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Samuel Shallard <sshallard@...> wrote:
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> Brian; was very interested to see your post.
> I currently run 4 Lifeline AGM's in series and charge with a 4 Bank Dual Pro SE charger. I had wondered about using my Honda eu2000 for longer cruising. I can run 4.5-5 knots pulling around 15-17 amps at 48V.
> I had posted a few months ago to see if anyone had tried-also wrote to Dual Pro but did not hear back.
> Like you my only issue would be to set the Honda so the fumes are not a nuisance. I have been contemplating adding two more batteries for range but did not really want to add another 200lb in weight.
> On Sep 24, 2010, at 12:35 PM, Brian Holt wrote:
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> > Well the Elcon charger came this week and I installed it yesterday. It charges my AGM bank higher than the Dual Pro.... I will give an update when I have more experience using this set up. Thanks again for all the input!
> > Brian
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