Ranger Tug R-23 Power Panel Basics
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2021
- Short video on the Power Management options and details on a 2021 Ranger Tugs R-23. How to use the Inverter, when to use the battery charger, shore power connections, etc...
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Great video
Bravo..... clear and concise..thank you
Excellent overview, making the complicated a bit simpler. Dave, a Q for you: Do you know the wiring pathway that leads your solar panel wiring to the solar controller you mention being in the port lazaret? A solar panel is 'on the list', along with that 712BV. Thanks once again.
I don’t know for sure, but I do know that most of the wiring from the top deck follows the teak center panel, then goes over the starboard panel (wooden panel with the porthole) down to a rigging tube that leads to the helm. The solar wires may follow a similar path on the port side the back to the cockpit.
Very well explained
All your videos I have viewed to date are extremely informative.
Do have a video that reviews/locates/identifies all ac/dc electric systems on the R23- (also activating & deactivating all). Including items such as inverter, thruster, battery charger, solar controller, windlass, thruster,bilge pumps, ACR’s,
all dc fused house panels & 24/7 panels?
Also a video on installing a galvanic isolator?
We don’t have a video like that, but it is now on the list of videos to do. Thanks for the suggestion!
Where can I find more videos? Great video!!
Excellent video with good explanation. Our R-23 doesn’t have an inverter and I was surprised to see how different the electrical panel is laid out. I do have a question about your remote solar panel. Where is your main solar panel controller located? I’ve got the same remote panel but can’t locate the main solar panel controller. It isn’t in the port lazaret where the manual says it’s located. Cheers.
Hey Karl. Our solar controller is in the port lazaret on the forward bulkhead of that compartment. I literally have to stick my head into the compartment and look forward to see it.
I have read through the literature on the GFP module and I do not see in the literature where this unit offers reverse polarity
In your video you state that the battery charger switch is only on when you are connected to shore power. What about when you are cruising and the alternator is charging the batteries ?
The Battery Charger and Alternator are two separate charging systems. The alternator is connected to the starting battery and then to the house batteries via and ACR (Automatic Charging Relay), so there is no switch (other than the ignition switch) required to charge via the alternator. The Battery Charger on the 120V AC Panel receives 120V shore power (or generator power) and converts that to 12V charging voltage for your House, Starter, and Thruster battery banks with 3 separate outputs. Hope that answers your question.
What’s the 50% mark? Is that a voltage number?
Yes. Left meter is Volts (120). Right meter is amps.