"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"SimRacer" wrote in message
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"Mike" wrote in message
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After reading many reviews about on-board battery chargers I've found
one
common thread - they all fail relatively quickly. I'm not certain if
only
those that have problems post their reviews or if the darn things
really
fail at such a high rate. What's the best you can expect out of a
charger
and who makes the most robust ones? I'm looking for a 15 amp three
bank
charger - I usually have the time to charge my batteries overnight so
I
don't need to pump 100 amps/hour in to them.

TIA

Mike



I have a 2 bank charger on my little G3 (it only has 1 starting batt and
1
trolling batt) that is the Cabela's house brand - which I think are
actually
Pro Mariner brand chargers rebadged for Cabelas. Has worked great for
about
2 solid years now. I have the Cabelas Pro Sport 12. It's 12
Amps/distributed. Isn't a speed demon but doesn't take all night either.

http://tinyurl.com/nqx6a (this is simply a shortened link to Cabelas'
onboard chargers page)

I chose this one due to its distributed charging methodology and small
footprint since my boat is not large and has very little "extra" space
in
which to mount such a charger.



I had a 3 bank Pro Mriner that I bought brand new for my Baker Waco, and
it
cooked a couple batteries before I threw it in the trash. I picked up a
sponsorship from Guest and put a Guest in both of my boats and haven't had
any real problems since.

I guess at any given time, any brand of charger can go haywire - I had a
basic Schumacher charger spaz . I've had no probs with mine. I use a Cabelas
AGM sealed starter/troller combo battery as my starter and one of those
yellow Wally World 29 series DC marine batteries for my troller and it has
done fine by them for the past 18 months. Never gets too hot, has never
caused any issues with the batteries that I've been able to see.



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Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com