Re: Re: Working out Battery Charger / Generator Amps

On 16 Mar 2007 04:38:40 -0700, "Monkey" <sean2earth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


When they start the generator up and the battery charger kicks in, it
blows the fuse in the battery charger.

Input fuse or output fuse?

If the charger is current limited then there should be no need for the output
fuse to fail, and if the input fuse is blowing then it is either incorrectly
rated, not suitable for high start-up surges or there is a basic fault with the
charger itself.

Peter
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