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#Battleborn gc3 install#
#Battleborn gc3 generator#
#Battleborn gc3 upgrade#

Plus, there was a Magnum battery combiner ALSO in the mix that would routinely connect the banks together.

#Battleborn gc3 generator#

Bad AC charger – ProMariner AC charger – excellent at cooking batteries! – this thing was a nightmare piece of equipment, and after I put voltage monitoring in place, routinely pumped 16-18v into my start and generator batteries.

There was also more than 40′ of cable between the house and start bank by the time it went from the battery banks, to the combiner switch, and back.

No charge control between house + start batteries – only a combiner switch – this meant remembering to combine the batteries when charging, and hopefully remembering to disconnect them when at anchor, or you deplete the starting batteries (which happened several times).

Charging is slow – normal with flooded batteries – the last 10% always takes forever, and the charge sources with this system are very small or inefficient.

Overall capacity – while 420 usable amp hours is quite a bit, the amount of electrical stuff on the boat, even before I added electronics, meant that you needed to charge at least twice a day while at anchor.

70 amp “newer” alternator and 40 amp original alternator (more than 20 years old) charging start banks.

ProMariner 3 bank AC charger – charges generator and start batteries.

Magnum 2800W inverter/charger – both at the dock via shore power and underway via the 8Kw Onan generator.

Start batteries – 2x 8D flooded batteries – one for each engine.

House battery bank – 6x 6 volt GC2 style flooded batteries – 280 amp hours each, for a total of 840 amp hours (only 420 usable at 50% DOD).

The original system was pretty standard, and worked OK, except for overall capacity and charging issues. ? Original System Original 840 amp hour house bank using 6x 6v GC2 flooded batteries However, performance and other problems cropped up in the first few months of using it, so I moved this project earlier in the list and jumped in. Rendezvous came with a decent power system which I had hoped to use for a year before upgrading.

#Battleborn gc3 upgrade#

We have begun to move all those NAV electronics and the IT/Internet network to its own battery as those things are all upstairs on the fly bridge.I upgrade my power system with Battle Born batteries, Balmar alternators, and Wakespeed regulators to give me way more power and longer time at anchor. The original wiring of this boat has the bridge’s electronics on the engine’s starting bank. The generator has its own starting battery and can charge either or both banks.

But for now, these are totally separate systems. Conventional wet cells support the boat’s heavy loads, and are charged by conventional means (alternator, shore power charger, etc.).įuture: A DC-DC charger will be considered if we find one is needed. Summary: 600 Watts of photo-voltaic panels feed 540 AH of storage to support daily living loads as a “House” bank. They are the perfect match for our new solar panels, for when we are disconnected from shore power for days. They should last 10-15 years, and come with a 10-year warranty. These Lithiums have a built-in BMS (battery management system) to ensure safe and long lasting operation. Those types of very heavy loads are best kept separate from Lithium batteries, generally speaking. The 3 year old 8D size flooded lead-acid battery is moved over and has a remote battery switch for it to help, when needed, the starboard bank of 3 Group 31 batteries which start the main engine, operate the bow thruster and windlass. This ensures both batteries are leveraged and cycled equally. Positive comes off the lower battery, negative off the top. A piece of 3/4” plywood mounted atop the new bank enables me to make all the connections to the Inverter/Charger and the two Solar Controllers which bring 600 watts to this new house bank on a good sunny day. The same size cables (from opposite ends of the bank) go to the charger/inverter thru a 250A Class T fuse (+) and a Smart Shunt (-). AWG 2/0 cables marry the two to form a new bank.

#Battleborn gc3 install#

Sunday at Atlantic City NJ, dockside, shore power (= A/C on a very hot day!)… what a perfect day to install the new Lithium LiFePO4 batteries in the engine room! Two Battleborn GC3 (270AH) batteries fit where an 8D wet cell sat on the port side engine room.