T&T: 24V starter, 12V house bank - Ugh!

[Scott H.E. Welch]

"Mark Andrew" <msandrew at chartermi.net> writes:
>the
>Cat Dealer installed a 24V starter, and I imagine it's a done deal.  My
>house bank is a large group of Trojan batteries wired for 12 V, my
>Inverter/charger charges & uses 12 V.  My gen set starter is 12V.  The
>alternator will be a Leece-Neville 12V. Ugh!!
>
>Any ideas?

Yep. Two ideas. First, are you sure you want 12 volts for your inverter? If
you have not yet bought the inverter you might want to investigate.

Second, Analytic Systems makes "any input - any output" chargers. You can get
a 120 VAC charger for 32 volt batteries, 24 volt charger for 48 volt
batteries, etc. You need a 12 volt charger for 24 volt batteries. Here's a
link:

http://www.analyticsystems.com/products/bcd305.htm

This should do just what you need.

Scott Welch
FirstClass Product Manager
www.firstclass.com

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