On-Board Charger Blowing In-Line Fuses

  • Jakob
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    Rogers
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    April 25, 2013 at 3:06 pm #1239347

    Couple months back I picked up a Cabela’s Advanced Anglers ProSeries On-Board Marine Battery Charger (3 bank) and 2 new batteries.

    Recently Bank 1 has been blowing fuses every time I plug the charger into the wall. Fuse replaced – will charge for about 10 minutes and then the fuse is blown again.

    The battery in question is a brand new 27 series battery, so I doubt the actual battery is junk.

    Anyone ever ran into this before and have any ideas?

    The fuse is inline on the positive wire.

    Thanks for any input!

    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
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    April 25, 2013 at 3:18 pm #1165796

    Is there anything else connected to the positive terminal of the battery? I’d unhook everything else off the positive terminal and then see if it blows the fuse. You might have something else that’s causing a short. If it still blows the fuse with only the battery connected, then I’d try a different battery to see if the problem is with the battery or the charger.

    Rootski

    Jakob
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    Rogers
    Posts: 1282
    April 25, 2013 at 3:20 pm #1165797

    My switch panel is hooked up to that battery – but the switches are off…

    I’ll give that a go and pull everything except the onboard and give her a try – if not Ill swap batteries and see how she goes – thanks for the tip root.

    BBKK
    IA
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    April 25, 2013 at 3:35 pm #1165800

    I’d say its the charger.

    kroger3
    blaine mn
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    April 25, 2013 at 3:38 pm #1165803

    Swap your charger leads for that bank to another battery and if it still blows that bank then its the charger.

    If its a Cabelas charger then my guess is its the charger. Have not had the best of luck with them.

    Burr
    Posts: 98
    April 25, 2013 at 4:02 pm #1165818

    I’m certain you’re not as stupid as me and got the polarity wrong…

    Well, you asked if it ever happened to someone else.

    Jakob
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    Rogers
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    April 25, 2013 at 4:04 pm #1165820

    lol polarity is correct!

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