Tom
Thanks for the info and your experience with the Elcon. I'm sure it will be helpful for those who are thinkinhg about putting their systems together.
Capt.. Mike
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I have run the boat twice for a few hours at a time with the generator plugged into the boat's AC inlet, the charger is permanently wired into the AC distribution panel.
I find the generator noise very annoying. The Honda 2000 has to work near its max continuous rating, and it does this admirably, but the generator is clearly working hard.
We have a link-pro battery monitor on board that displays current flowing into or out of the battery bank. With the charger on I can adjust the throttle to allow some or none of the current to charge the bank, with the rest going to the motor.
-Tom
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> Tom
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> Great information. Are you using your Elcon just as a charger at the dock or have you also hooked it up to generator and motored with it?
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> Capt. Mike
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> From: Grapeview Point Boat Works <boat_works@.
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> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:42:39
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> I'm using the Elcon PFC 1500. The supplied documentation is a bit sparse, fortunately more info is available online. The charge enable/disable control circuit is nice if you are looking at integrating a BMS, as is the output current control circuit.
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> When shopping, be aware that some Elcon 1500s are sold as 18A at 48V, others are sold as 25A. I have been told that they are different products, it's not just "specsmanship".
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> Our "25" initially charges at about 22A, I expect it would charge at a higher rate if the bank was more depleted. We haven't run the bank below about 70% of capacity yet.
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> We just finished the boat in May, but I've used the Elcon intensively for 10 weeks, it's working just fine.
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> -Tom  Â
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> --- On Fri, 7/23/10, Eric <ewdysar@...> wrote:
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> From: Eric <ewdysar@...>
> Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Wiring issue
> To: electricboats@
> Date: Friday, July 23, 2010, 3:15 PM
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> Which Elcon model do you have? I'm hoping to do the same thing.
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> > You can keep a series string of lead acid batteries batteries balanced by using a BMS regulator, such as this one:
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> > I have an Elcon 48V charger installed which runs happily for hours off a Honda 2000.
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> > Not very quiet, but they work well as a system.
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