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05-11-2011, 09:06 PM | #1 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: East Texas
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Bypassing the OBC on Precedent?
I have a LV4800 automatic 25 amp charger. I bought for my project series cart with no OBC. I would like to try it on my 08 precedent 4X12. On the LVS site they have a 1 wire step for bypassing the OBC for charging. It doesn't state how large (ga) of wire should be used for the bypass. It also states once you splice the neg wire behind the charger recepticle, to run it to the neg post on the furtherest back battery on the drivers side, which I would call bat#2. The setup in the diagranm is a 6 battery system so I wanted to be sure in a 4 battery system. I know that the powerdrive II charge system is a good one but my 4X12's are on their last leg and I can't get a new set right now so I just wanted to see if this 25 amp charger will give my batteries a little more life. Here is the diagram.
Thanks http://www.lvssales.com/ComputerInstructions.pdf |
05-12-2011, 06:07 AM | #2 |
The Last Moja Morani
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: jumping from cart to cart
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Re: Bypassing the OBC on Precedent?
you need to hook the wire to #4 battery it should be the one with a cable running thur OBC as for size i would go at least 10 gage since thats the gage coming out of the receptical................................
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05-12-2011, 06:54 AM | #3 |
Gone Wild
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Re: Bypassing the OBC on Precedent?
Thanks Shadow!
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05-12-2011, 07:08 AM | #4 |
The Last Moja Morani
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Re: Bypassing the OBC on Precedent?
your welcome...............................
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05-13-2011, 07:00 AM | #5 |
Gone Wild
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Location: East Texas
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Re: Bypassing the OBC on Precedent?
I spliced the black wire out of the charge recepticle before the OBC and ran it to the battery #4 neg and it worked good. I have one other question though, with this bypass wire on, will the powerdrive II charger still work if I plug it in? If I try it, can it hurt anything? I thought it might work because I didn't cut the wire but spliced it so it is still hooked up both ways.
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05-13-2011, 01:12 PM | #6 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Texas
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Re: Bypassing the OBC on Precedent?
Looked at the schematic all your doing is bypassing the OBC by installing a new ground wire that is not controlled by the OBC you could put a switch in the new line and then use either or chargers if you remember to switch the switch
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05-13-2011, 08:29 PM | #7 | |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Panama City, FL
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Re: Bypassing the OBC on Precedent?
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the problem i see with this setup is with the power measuring function of the OBC... the trend is that the OBC will crap out, cook your batteries, etc if you look at it funny. throwing another charger into the mix sounds like a guarantee for less than desirable results. -sj |
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05-13-2011, 03:55 PM | #8 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Texas
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Re: Bypassing the OBC on Precedent?
how much is this charger if my obc goes bad I would rather put the money into a good charger and pull the obc out.
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