mikeBreault
New Member
Hi Everyone. I just purchased a 1989 SeaRay 220 DA. This is the first time I've owned a boat with shore power.
The boat is equipped with a 'Professional Mariner' 20amp battery charger / 15amp power supply (old looking). When I flip the breaker labeled 'Converter', you can here it turn on (strong humming noise). This thing looks pretty old, and I'll I've been able to find so far is that it's known as 'The Battery Blaster'. The unit has 120v ac going in, and coming out is a fairly heavy gauge black and red wire, and also a fairly small sized red wire. I don't understand why there is two red wires? Both of which were directly connected to battery # 1. Can anyone help with this.
I'm considering upgrading this thing, mostly due to the annoying humming. But all I can find is battery chargers, nothing that claims to be a battery charger/power supply. Do these not exist anymore? Do people just run the 12v items on their boats off the batteries even while on shore power, and just let the battery charger keep the batteries topped up? :smt100
Thanks guys.
The boat is equipped with a 'Professional Mariner' 20amp battery charger / 15amp power supply (old looking). When I flip the breaker labeled 'Converter', you can here it turn on (strong humming noise). This thing looks pretty old, and I'll I've been able to find so far is that it's known as 'The Battery Blaster'. The unit has 120v ac going in, and coming out is a fairly heavy gauge black and red wire, and also a fairly small sized red wire. I don't understand why there is two red wires? Both of which were directly connected to battery # 1. Can anyone help with this.
I'm considering upgrading this thing, mostly due to the annoying humming. But all I can find is battery chargers, nothing that claims to be a battery charger/power supply. Do these not exist anymore? Do people just run the 12v items on their boats off the batteries even while on shore power, and just let the battery charger keep the batteries topped up? :smt100
Thanks guys.