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    Ordered a new battery charger

    Well, my 10 amp Guest charger has gone tango uniform on two banks, so I ordered a new one.

    Should be here Wednesday. A new MK345PC I bought. Hope to get her wired up and installed this week. Will post pics when I'm doing it.

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    Received the Charger yesterday. Got the old Guest one removed and did some bilge area cleaning while I was in there. I also set all the batteries on the deck with the MK charger and wired everything up. Programming the unit is a no-brainer. Takes about 30 seconds. Once I plugged it in, it took about 6 hours to fully charge the batts and get them into Maintenance Mode. That let's me know that my old charger had not been doing the job very well.

    I think this thing will take much better care of my batteries and pay for itself over time. I'm planning to finish the install tonight and will post a couple of pics. I'm going to make a couple of aluminum backer plates for the panel to help carry the load better (it's a plastic panel and this thing weighs about 13.5 pounds) and I'm going to use some stainless spacers to stand the unit off the panel to help with heat dissipation.

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    If your Guest was factory, I bet it was marginal to begin with. Mine had a ProMariner Pro Tournament 150 which is 15A total current for distributed demand that I assume was either from the factory or original dealer. After a day of fishing, it'd still be in Fast Charge mode the next morning. I replaced it with a Pro Tournament 300 (30A Distributed-on-Demand) not long after I bought it and now after a day of fishing, 4-6 hours and I'm in Float mode (green LED)

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    That 345PC should serve you well. Like mine, does it's job, no complaints.
    Kevin | 2000 Champion 19​1 | 2000 Yamaha OX66 200hp

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tx Champ View Post
    If your Guest was factory, I bet it was marginal to begin with. Mine had a ProMariner Pro Tournament 150 which is 15A total current for distributed demand that I assume was either from the factory or original dealer. After a day of fishing, it'd still be in Fast Charge mode the next morning. I replaced it with a Pro Tournament 300 (30A Distributed-on-Demand) not long after I bought it and now after a day of fishing, 4-6 hours and I'm in Float mode (green LED)
    Reggie, I actually won the unit I just replaced at a team tournament on Fork I fished with Mark Perry. Won it in a ticket draw deal. It served me from about '08 to now, so I can't really complain. But I think it's been on it's way out for at least a year now so hopefully the MK does it's thing and lasts me another 10-12 years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mizzou211 View Post
    Reggie, I actually won the unit I just replaced at a team tournament on Fork I fished with Mark Perry. Won it in a ticket draw deal. It served me from about '08 to now...
    Wasn't about the time of the 1st BBC Rally we had there??

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    Could very well have been!! Think it was in fact!!