Dave_E
Senior Member
Hi All,
The good ship came with an ACR (Automatic Charger Relay), something I've never seen before. Took me awhile to figure out what it did. Check me if I'm wrong, but it sort of looks like a "cheater" for charging all your batteries. All my past boats have had chargers that go to each battery (group 27's). Now I own this monster that has an 8D, and (4) 6V batteries. I have an old Trace Engineering charger/inverter (now called Xantrex) that has a pair of serious cables going to the 6V battery bank. Up at the battery switch... the ACR basically jumps the feeder from the 6V bank to the 8D for charging.
Do any of you have an ACR? Any problems?
Dave
The good ship came with an ACR (Automatic Charger Relay), something I've never seen before. Took me awhile to figure out what it did. Check me if I'm wrong, but it sort of looks like a "cheater" for charging all your batteries. All my past boats have had chargers that go to each battery (group 27's). Now I own this monster that has an 8D, and (4) 6V batteries. I have an old Trace Engineering charger/inverter (now called Xantrex) that has a pair of serious cables going to the 6V battery bank. Up at the battery switch... the ACR basically jumps the feeder from the 6V bank to the 8D for charging.
Do any of you have an ACR? Any problems?
Dave