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Re: Battery recharge on gen set.

Reply #20 –
Have to agree with Brett on this one. Have been using combiners since they first came out for the boating industry. Have never had a problem with them, and can turn the inverter off and still have a charge on both banks with solar, and not have to worry about any 110 sources.  I have had several inverters that have stopped inverting. That being said, have never received a bill from the solar electric company.
Jim C.

Re: Battery recharge on gen set.

Reply #23 –
Quote from: floridarandy –
I'm just learning here so this a question, not an opinion. I read this article and wonder how using a combiner as described in this thread avoids the "cycling" described in the article. 

Preventing Cycling in Battery Combiners, Voltage Sensitive Relays, and...

Thanks

Randy
If you read the solution section, you will see the way to overcome the problem. Solar and inverter chargers are normally connected to house batteries. Also unlike fishing boats which may start and move short distances, shutdown and restart. Motorhomes will start and move a good distance. In this case the alternator is charging both batteries through the isolator and the combiner is just an add on. Have used combiners on coaches for many years and have never seen the cycling mentioned, and have never  seen discharged start batteries.

Re: Battery recharge on gen set.

Reply #24 –
John -
Thanks for the manual.  I do have it but I could not find the Info I was looking for - or more probably did not understand the language that it used.  :)

Re: Battery recharge on gen set.

Reply #25 –
We use a 500 amp rated sea land combiner