Replacement for Mastervolt 12/15/2 Battery Charger

[chinita]

Mine has died.

Anybody have any suggestions for a cheaper replacement (2 output) charger?

The price of Mastervolt at £310.00 is a little rich for my blood!

TIA

 

[David2452]

Trident smart charger comes out at about £150, two outputs but it would cost you 3a as only 12a, even with remote display it would come out under £200

 

[charles_reed]

Have a look at these people - I've had very good reports of them and would have bought one of their chargers if I could have fitted it in the available space.

http://www.ctek-chargers.com/?gclid=CLWR9JWbk7YCFW_KtAodZBQAmA

 

[ianj99]

Mine has died.

Anybody have any suggestions for a cheaper replacement (2 output) charger?

The price of Mastervolt at £310.00 is a little rich for my blood!

TIA

Have you thought of having two chargers - large for the main (domestic) bank and a smaller one to keep the engine battery topped up?

Voltcraft (German) http://www.conrad-uk.com/ce/en/product/201540 15amp charger is £99 They also do 30 and 40amp ones but all are single output.

 

[nigelmercier]

How about a Sterling

 

[chinita]

How about a Sterling

Good idea. Terrific after sales service, I hear.

 

[Gumpy]

I went the simple way
Single O/P charger connected to the domestic bank, with a VSR so when on shore power the domestics charge and as soon as 13.8v is reached the starter battery gets charged.
It also means that the two alternators share the charging of all batteries

 

[ianj99]

I went the simple way
Single O/P charger connected to the domestic bank, with a VSR so when on shore power the domestics charge and as soon as 13.8v is reached the starter battery gets charged.
It also means that the two alternators share the charging of all batteries

If it was my setup, I'd fit a switch to disable the vsr which could speed up charging of the domestic battery - the starter battery will start to be charged long before the domestic is fully charged. Not a problem most of the time when you have plenty of shorepower / engine running time though. (I have such a switch to disable my split charge relay for that purpose.)