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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Stan the Man[/i] [br]The boat I'm acquiring has one battery at present (not sure whether its 80Ah or 110Ah. I'm not intending to fit an invertor or any additional heavyweight 12v devices but I would like to fit an onboard battery charger so that when I'm onboard at the marine I can keep the charge topped up. Done some "googling" and the prices seen to vary dramatically. It does seem that a 3-stage would be suitable and Amperor do a 25Amp unit for around the £80 mark. I'd plan to use a 240V powerline plugged from the shore into a socket mounted on the cockpit/rear cabin bulkhead. From there, the 240v supply would feed either an MCB or RCD/MCB (whichever is more correct) with captive wiring to the charger . The latter would be mounted as close to the battery as possible allowing adequate ventilation but with the shortest 12v leads possible with the latter fused 50A/60A in the to the positive battery terminal. The 12v wiring in the correct gauge will be fused 50A/60A to the positive terminal. The existing battery circuits for the lights, etc, will be kept "as is" through the existing battery isolation switch. Any views would be most welcome. Regards to all. [/quote]   Click here to attach a photo to your post   Check here to include your profile signature.