Battery Controller Kit from Aussie

[philip_stevens]

Any views on this kit?? Would it be good enough for the marine environment. No technical specifications are given, so what would you think????

Aussies and Kiwis, have you made or seen one in use??

I might well send for one to make up and evaluate. It works out at around £25.

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regards,
Philip

 

[tr7v8]

It looks to me just like an automatic split charge relay. Loads of the around ask in the camping and caravanning shops. Can also be done with a heavy duty relay and a feed from the carging engines alternator warning light.

Jim
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[philip_stevens]

That is exactly what I have installed now, two heavy duty relays operated by the alternator warning light circuit - the system that many months ago was poo-poo'ed by many as not advisable. I fitted it on this boat 6 years ago, and also fitted it on my previous boat for 8 years - with no problems. Yes, you do have to watch both battery voltages, but so far I have not had any problems.

Incidently, this system was shown to me by one of the battery/alternator company people (no names) at a Southampton boat show all those years ago.

I was just interested in finding out what the Dick Smith unit was like and what was actually in it. I suspect, as you have said, that it is just a couple of relays (heavy duty??) and operated from the alternator warning light. Or maybe, in the Dick Smith case, from the ignition switch.

regards,
Philip

 

[philip_stevens]

If anyone is still interested in this post and item, I emailed the tech department of Dick Smith Electronics in Aussie to find out more about the "splitter".

This is the reply I received this evening.

<font color=purple>The K-3212 Kit can handle 30A
It has an "intelligent" design, so if one of the batteries is flat, it limits the initial current not to exceed a safe level.</font color=purple>
Best Regards
Andris Abolins
Technical Support
02 9642 9377
aabolins@dse.com.au



regards,
Philip