>
>To All,
>The latest addition of the GMC Motorhome News which is published by the
>Cinnabar folks has a great article on chargers and converters written by
>Wes Caughlan. They did a complete test of the Statpower Technologies
>Truecharge 40+ Converter/Charger. After reading and reviewing the
>article(8 pages long), this is the unit that you want to use when you
>replace your old hummers. If you are serious about rebuilding your
>electrical system I would suggest you call them at their tech line
>650-948-8664 or you can E-mail them gmcmh
In an earlier posting, I let folks know that this is the unit that I bought after looking at alternatives and talking to Wes.
It's a great performing unit - especially for the price. You can get remote metering and a temp sensor that helps t avoid
overcharging. The one drawback that I found to the unit is that if your genset initially puts out too high or too low of a
voltage, the TrueCharge stays offline. The only way that I've found to get the charger to actually kick in once htis happens
is to shut everything down and re-start. I'll let you all know what the cause of the charger staying offline, even if I cycle
the AC mains via the breakers, when I figure it out. Otherwise - it's a great little unit. From what I've read in the various
12V handbooks, the 40+ is just about the right size for 2 Trojan 105s. I normally try to discharge to 30% capacity and
recharge to 80% when we're boondocking. After the 80% point the charger reduces the charge rate so that using the genset
becomes pretty inefficient.
Henry
Henry Davis Consulting, Inc / new product consulting
PO Box 1270 / product readiness reviews
Soquel, Ca 95073 / IP reviews
ph: (408) 462-5199 / full service marketing
fax: (408) 462-5198
http://www.henry-davis.com
>To All,
>The latest addition of the GMC Motorhome News which is published by the
>Cinnabar folks has a great article on chargers and converters written by
>Wes Caughlan. They did a complete test of the Statpower Technologies
>Truecharge 40+ Converter/Charger. After reading and reviewing the
>article(8 pages long), this is the unit that you want to use when you
>replace your old hummers. If you are serious about rebuilding your
>electrical system I would suggest you call them at their tech line
>650-948-8664 or you can E-mail them gmcmh
In an earlier posting, I let folks know that this is the unit that I bought after looking at alternatives and talking to Wes.
It's a great performing unit - especially for the price. You can get remote metering and a temp sensor that helps t avoid
overcharging. The one drawback that I found to the unit is that if your genset initially puts out too high or too low of a
voltage, the TrueCharge stays offline. The only way that I've found to get the charger to actually kick in once htis happens
is to shut everything down and re-start. I'll let you all know what the cause of the charger staying offline, even if I cycle
the AC mains via the breakers, when I figure it out. Otherwise - it's a great little unit. From what I've read in the various
12V handbooks, the 40+ is just about the right size for 2 Trojan 105s. I normally try to discharge to 30% capacity and
recharge to 80% when we're boondocking. After the 80% point the charger reduces the charge rate so that using the genset
becomes pretty inefficient.
Henry
Henry Davis Consulting, Inc / new product consulting
PO Box 1270 / product readiness reviews
Soquel, Ca 95073 / IP reviews
ph: (408) 462-5199 / full service marketing
fax: (408) 462-5198
http://www.henry-davis.com
