vas
Well-Known Member
evening all,
I've got an original 10A (on the 220V) fuse that supplies the intelligent whatever 60A (iirc) Victron battery charger.
Now, when batteries drop (say a week or so with fridge running and me away with no shore power) on connecting shore power I can see on the ammeter that it's charging at around 11-12A, hence tripping every 8-10mins.
When this happens, I let it cool a bit and then try again. Eventually after 4-5 repeats it reaches a level where it's charging at 5A and it stays on.
On Friday I was working on the boat, temp ouside was around 34-5C inside in the helm area where the fusebox lives, I saw 44 on a digital thermometre
I noticed that it was tripping like mad, wouldn't stay on for more than a couple of minutes and needed 3-4mins cooling before using it again.
After all this intro, I've got one Q
Is it safe to assume that with higher ambient the bimetalic or whatever is in there is more prone to tripping? It is thermal induced tripping, isn't it?
I know that I should really update this fuse to 16A as the shore power, but I'd need to get a vintage relay and fck knows where I'll get one...
I wonder if the Victron can be set to charge at a lower pace. Have to investigate more once I move down in the e/r for wiring work.
cheers
V.
I've got an original 10A (on the 220V) fuse that supplies the intelligent whatever 60A (iirc) Victron battery charger.
Now, when batteries drop (say a week or so with fridge running and me away with no shore power) on connecting shore power I can see on the ammeter that it's charging at around 11-12A, hence tripping every 8-10mins.
When this happens, I let it cool a bit and then try again. Eventually after 4-5 repeats it reaches a level where it's charging at 5A and it stays on.
On Friday I was working on the boat, temp ouside was around 34-5C inside in the helm area where the fusebox lives, I saw 44 on a digital thermometre
I noticed that it was tripping like mad, wouldn't stay on for more than a couple of minutes and needed 3-4mins cooling before using it again.
After all this intro, I've got one Q
Is it safe to assume that with higher ambient the bimetalic or whatever is in there is more prone to tripping? It is thermal induced tripping, isn't it?
I know that I should really update this fuse to 16A as the shore power, but I'd need to get a vintage relay and fck knows where I'll get one...
I wonder if the Victron can be set to charge at a lower pace. Have to investigate more once I move down in the e/r for wiring work.
cheers
V.