24 volt battery bank?
Other than needing to use a DC-DC converter for the 12 volt system, what problems would there be in going with a 24 volt battery bank for a custom rig? The reason for this is that Magnum Energy has...
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Vanner VANN-Guard 70-60 Series 60 Amp Battery Equalizer See original listing
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Out of my personal price range for sure. A 50DN oil cooled alternator is 500 dollars, used and abused. Since they have a 17 amp 28-volt field requirement and need an expensive voltage regulator AND ARE DIRECT ENGINE GEAR DRIVEN this narrows the useability a tad.
50DN air cooled is a cool 1,800 dollars USED and next to impossible to find without a fractured square stator hairpin winding. A replacement stator is 650 dollars.
The Niehoff on my bus cost $4,700 new. And weighs so much a cherry-picker is used for R&R. The Delcos are heavier yet. An 8 to 5 ratio pulley system on the Lombordini drives my air cooled 50 DN. Pretty serious and expensive stuff.
And finally in the late eighties after having the first and only five Vanner inverters go up in smoke within a couple of hours of being switched on, that I got from Transpo Electronics, Frank Oropeza, the owner got skittish and stopped handling them. They might have great buckers today, but five times burned...
I lean toward devices that have been proven. I do not know what high end manufacturers use such as Kountry Koach but I sure would investigate things before I plunged in.
Having a rig go useless, because of a unique product with no alternatives and no backup, does not turn me on. Unique? When you're 33 miles north of east -------, and the lights and water pump don't work and there is no help possible for 300 miles and then FedEx air or UPS next day are the only alternatives, this would make me wonder.
Vanner-VANN-Guard-70-60-Series-60-Amp-Battery-Equalizer
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Item condition:
USED USED USED USED USED USED USED USED
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Aug 01, 2015 , 12:02PM
Price:
US $350.00
Shipping:
$32.95 Expedited Shipping
Item location:
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States
Seller:
tubewinder (144 )
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Out of my personal price range for sure. A 50DN oil cooled alternator is 500 dollars, used and abused. Since they have a 17 amp 28-volt field requirement and need an expensive voltage regulator AND ARE DIRECT ENGINE GEAR DRIVEN this narrows the useability a tad.
50DN air cooled is a cool 1,800 dollars USED and next to impossible to find without a fractured square stator hairpin winding. A replacement stator is 650 dollars.
The Niehoff on my bus cost $4,700 new. And weighs so much a cherry-picker is used for R&R. The Delcos are heavier yet. An 8 to 5 ratio pulley system on the Lombordini drives my air cooled 50 DN. Pretty serious and expensive stuff.
And finally in the late eighties after having the first and only five Vanner inverters go up in smoke within a couple of hours of being switched on, that I got from Transpo Electronics, Frank Oropeza, the owner got skittish and stopped handling them. They might have great buckers today, but five times burned...
I lean toward devices that have been proven. I do not know what high end manufacturers use such as Kountry Koach but I sure would investigate things before I plunged in.
Having a rig go useless, because of a unique product with no alternatives and no backup, does not turn me on. Unique? When you're 33 miles north of east -------, and the lights and water pump don't work and there is no help possible for 300 miles and then FedEx air or UPS next day are the only alternatives, this would make me wonder.
