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Re: Yandina combiner cycles [message #329967 is a reply to message #328332]

Wed, 14 March 2018 09:16

Tilerpep

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Update
More info, and a few experiments:

The 78 had a West Marine 150 combiner, which has a little label hidden on the back that said it was a Yandina and it needed the "minimum six feet of 6 gauge or less wire" connecting it (which it did not have). The Yandina site says this particular model is discontinued. I bought six feet of 8 gauge wire, split it to three foot sections and moved the Yandina/West Marine unit to the 75, keeping the isolator. Wow, 8 gauge was overkill, and too stiff to work with easily. I forget (have read on here before) why the six feet is needed.

I installed the new victron combiner in the 78 (no isolator). It did not say anything about six feet of lead wire, so I used the previous connectors.

Yesterday I worked in the 78 with all the interior lights and running lights on to load both systems while I fiddled with a new rotor, cap, timing and bunch of other systems. It did cycle the combiner, but not too often, and the noise is less of a clunk. With only the house side loaded, it seemed to cycle less than the Yandina.

I paid about $50 for the Victron, and Jim K has the Yandina 100 for $65 with the wiring premade. The Victron does not have an indicator light telling you when it is combining, the Yandina does. I think I would go with Jim K's Yandina if I were doing another one, both are a nice addition to stock setup.

1975 Glenbrook, 1978 Royale rear bath Raleigh, NC

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		Yandina combiner cycles By: Tilerpep on Wed, 17 January 2018 09:01
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: jhbridges on Wed, 17 January 2018 09:18
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: Ken Burton on Wed, 17 January 2018 10:02
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: Tomtom on Wed, 17 January 2018 10:38
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: Justin Brady on Wed, 17 January 2018 11:05
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: Tilerpep on Wed, 17 January 2018 11:18
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: Justin Brady on Wed, 17 January 2018 11:26
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: Ken Burton on Wed, 17 January 2018 11:53
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: Tilerpep on Wed, 17 January 2018 12:31
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: Justin Brady on Wed, 17 January 2018 12:45
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: Tilerpep on Wed, 17 January 2018 12:55
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: Justin Brady on Wed, 17 January 2018 14:56
		Re: [GMCnet] Yandina combiner cycles By: bdub on Wed, 17 January 2018 15:10
		Re: [GMCnet] Yandina combiner cycles By: Ken Henderson on Wed, 17 January 2018 17:40
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: RF_Burns on Wed, 17 January 2018 20:42
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: midlf on Wed, 17 January 2018 20:37
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: jhbridges on Thu, 18 January 2018 09:20
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: JohnL455 on Fri, 19 January 2018 11:00
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: Tilerpep on Wed, 14 March 2018 09:16
		Re: [GMCnet] Yandina combiner cycles By: Mr ERFisher on Wed, 14 March 2018 09:56
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: Matt Colie on Wed, 14 March 2018 19:08
		Re: Yandina combiner cycles By: Hardie Johnson on Sat, 17 March 2018 16:14
		Re: [GMCnet] Yandina combiner cycles By: James Hupy on Sat, 17 March 2018 16:33
		Re: [GMCnet] Yandina combiner cycles By: Hardie Johnson on Sat, 17 March 2018 17:31

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