PD9100 Converter with ChargeWizard

Johno02 wrote:
Our Gulfstream Soach is equipped with a Progressive Dynamics 9100 Series INTELI-POWER converter, providing 80A of DC current. I am adding a ChargeWizard to it to help regulate the charging voltage applied to the batteries. Has anyone else have any experience with this converter and/or the chargeWizard??

Damon installed a PD 9180 with wizard in my motor home back in 2005 when it was built.. Since then I have, from time to time, tried to find a better one.. I have failed in that. There is no better one.

Does this answer your question?

I have a PD9270 so the charge wizzard is built in the converter but I had a remote pendant mounted on the kitchen cabinet, the flashing LED was very annoying. I have since moved it. I add water about every 6 months. Probably because the batteries are going into their 7th year of use.

Ive got a Progressive Dynamics Converter/Charger - its much better than the POS parallax that burnt up (i plugged into a circuit that had a shorted ground).

the light on the charge wizard really isn't bright enough (at night) to bother us.

Finally got to install the Charge Wizard. Battery voltage at converter was 12.2 with shore power off. Afterwards, with boost light, 14.4. Will check later to see if it drops as it should. Cold weather is not a good time to be checking battery levels.

Johno02 wrote:
Our Gulfstream Soach is equipped with a Progressive Dynamics 9100 Series INTELI-POWER converter, providing 80A of DC current. I am adding a ChargeWizard to it to help regulate the charging voltage applied to the batteries. Has anyone else have any experience with this converter and/or the chargeWizard??

PDI 9180 with wizard is Exactly what is charging my batteries (or rather maintaining the charge) just now.

I started researching in 2005, looking to see if there was anything better,, I have yet to find a better converter.. A few I'd rank as good, a few more as good for most RVers, but I have yet to find a better one

The Charge wizard is programmed for flooded wet cells, The proper max charge rate for a pair of GC-2 is 70 amps, but odds are good your system also charges the chassis and of course you have loads inside the trailer so this eats the other 10 amps.

On my coach, with new batteries, I have to add water... annually.

(As they age the frequency increases but new it was Annually).

I highly recommend the Progressive Dynamics Intella Power Wizard controlled units, None better out there.


Does this answer your question?

+1 to leave the wizard out of sight.

Could take a couple days to drop voltage from 13.6 to 13.2

How old are the batteries? Batteries do use more water as they age.

Johno02 wrote:
Thanks, guys! Sounds like I did the right thing with this one. Up till now, I have had to watch the water in my batteries closely to keep them full, so I was pretty sure that they were trying to overcharge. If the weather is decent tomorrow, I will go out and install the Charge Wizard. Just for information, I think that I will check voltage at batteries before and after. My converter is under the bed, so I will stick the wizard our where I can see it.

You didn't say where you were going to place the charge wizard, but before you permanently glue that charge wizard somewhere, be sure you can live with the flashing light in that location. I think it would be very distracting in the bedroom when you're trying to sleep.

Fred

Thanks, guys! Sounds like I did the right thing with this one. Up till now, I have had to watch the water in my batteries closely to keep them full, so I was pretty sure that they were trying to overcharge. If the weather is decent tomorrow, I will go out and install the Charge Wizard. Just for information, I think that I will check voltage at batteries before and after. My converter is under the bed, so I will stick the wizard our where I can see it.

John,

I our group it is a common replacement for the original. They are very effective and successful. There have been notably few failures.

Matt

My older converter doesn't produce 80 amps, but I believe it is in the 9100 series. I added the charge wizard many years ago. Works as advertised. No problems at all, and the batteries last longer.

Installation is very easy. Plug in a telephone type connector, remove the cover on the sticky pad on the back of the wizard, and stick it where you want it. Place it where you can see the blinking light when you open the cargo bin door.

Fred