Removing LaMarch Charger

[egaito]

Dinner was awesome.....now to get that thing out of there!

 

[sandspur1966]

Re: Removing LaMarch Charger

I'd like Angela's Bearnaise sauce recipe.


Me too and also, I wonder where she goes hunting for bear in Miami?

 

[SeaWhisper]

A couple of questions for those that have done this:

With breaker off, the battery switches off, and the wires taken off the bus in the ER, and now the battery cables disconnected, I'm still getting voltage to the lugs on the charger. I assume there are capacitors that are continuing to feed the lugs, but have no idea how to discharge them. It only hurts when I touch the metal case, but unfortunately, the angle I'm hanging from requires me to do so ;-)

Once I'm past this, I then have to figure out how to get the old beast off the bulkhead. Anyone remember how/where it's secured? I don't relish reaching my hand into the guts of this thing to randomly turn screws at this point.

Oh yea, also, I'd appreciate it if all of you could avoid telling me how heavy this thing is until it's off the boat....

Thanks,

-Ed G.

Ed,

I would have to say it might weigh in around 60 - 70 pounds.... lol. Just removed a old Sentry myself...

 

[MikeP]

Our original 32V 40A Lamarche weighed 110lbs per the spec sheet.

 

[egaito]

Our original 32V 40A Lamarche weighed 110lbs per the spec sheet.

That sounds about right....I got it to the hatch, but MarioG hauled it out of the hole for me today. Thanks brother! My back just wouldn't have stood for that abuse.

The new charger is in place, just waiting for a call back from the company to ask a few questions before up putting power to it.

 

[MarioG]

That sounds about right....I got it to the hatch, but MarioG hauled it out of the hole for me today. Thanks brother! My back just wouldn't have stood for that abuse.

The new charger is in place, just waiting for a call back from the company to ask a few questions before up putting power to it.

No problem brother! Anything for you and Ang. Besides, I got beer out of it!

 

[davidwigler]

Ed and Ang, are you replacing with an Outback inverter or just a charger?

 

[Angela]

Just the battery charger. The inverter is still on the list, near the top. We wanted to keep the systems separate for ease in troubleshooting when things go wrong. We're going to put in a Magnum 24v interverter with its separate bank.