First, I have posted here before about my somewhat negative opinion of Xantrex II chargers. My boat repair colleague and I quit installing them after a few failures. We switched to Blue Sea, Promariner and, for smaller installations, Guest.
The original Xantrex chargers, while perhaps not as "smart" as the newer chargers, are very reliable. I have a 20 year old Xantrex 20 on Touche'. Note - it's NOT a Xantrex II. I have a spare but have never had to install it. Second, I prefer separate chargers and inverters. If one side fails, you're in it for big $$$. There are folks who repair them but they're not cheap. -- Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA Content trimmed! On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 4:10 PM Josh via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > FWIW: I have had 2 bad experiences with modern Xantrex TrueCharge II > chargers. One was 40 amps and I believe the second was 60 amps. I finally > replaced them with a ProMariner Pro Nautic P1260. The charger has served > me well in nearly every possible capacity. That experience has left a bad > taste in my mouth with regard to modern Xantrex products. I would > encourage anyone interested to investigate a Pro Mariner line of inverters. > > > https://www.promariner.com/en/products/marine%20dc%20to%20ac%20power%20inverters > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > >
