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Adding Batteries
- bud37
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- MakinTime
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MakinTime wrote:Source of the post This last year we installed a Xantrex 3000 sine wave inverter charger in our carver 36.We run 4 6 volt battery’s 460ah. The setup works great and it is wired through the panel. The 4 batteries seem sufficient for overnight anchorages and such. We can easily get 2 nights without running generator to charge,powering things like fans, refrigerator. I am very impressed with this setup.
Do you have any pictures of your install? Where did you end up mounting it?
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Whether the extra cost of an ignition protected unit makes good financial sense or not depends on the installation. If you have to locate a non-ignition protected unit far from the battery bank, you can easily make up the difference in cost in good quality marine cable for the length and size you'd typically need for a high amperage unit. I always tell people that sometimes the inverter is the cheapest part of the install.
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For DC cabeling I used 4/0 gauge and 400 amp class T style fuse. On the AC side I used 8 gauge because of the length from panel to inverter. Cost for wiring including all the cable ends class T fuse and holder and all the nic nacs was right around $600 it added up quickly. I found my Xantrex 3000 pure wine on graigslist brand new in a opened box for $500, which was a steal because they list for close to$2000. I was pumped to find this and jumped on it right away! The 4 6 volt batteries were $400. Sorry my pics aren’t the best as the boat is shrieked and hard to see.
Adding the inverter was one of the best things we have done to the boat. It really cut our usage of the generator down. Last year without the inverter we ran the generator for close to 100 hrs all season. This last season with the inverter set up we ran the gen around 10 hrs.
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