Joel, My goal is to charge the house bank (so I’d connect it to the house bank positive bus bar). My ground is common to all batteries so I wanted to make sure I’d still charge the house (the ACR will automatically charge the engine battery anyway).
Love this list. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > On Apr 30, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Fred, > > If it goes to the bus bars won't it charge all batteries on the live circuit, > not a single battery? > > Not sure if that is Edd's goal. > > Joel > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Frederick G Street via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: > Hi, Edd — the negative side of the charger output can go straight to the main > negative bus bar; this should have a large conductor straight to the negative > sides of both the house and start banks. DO NOT just grab any local ground > point, as the connection from it to the battery may not be sound; or it may > not be adequately sized for the charger current. The positive should go to > the house positive bar or straight to the battery, through an > appropriately-sized fuse or breaker. > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > Launching next Tuesday! :^) > > On Apr 30, 2015, at 10:47 AM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: > >> Listers, >> >> For a shore-powered battery charger, do the red and black wires need to run >> to the battery or can the red run to the battery and the black to any common >> ground on the boat? >> >> In other words, does the black need to connect directly to the negative >> terminal on the battery? >> >> >> All the best, >> >> Edd > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com <mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > <http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com> > > > > > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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