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Do you need a 3 stage charger for parallax 6345?

By William Brown |

Do you need a 3 stage charger for parallax 6345?

If you have the Magnetek 6345 you need this upgrade. The install is a pretty simple wire for wire, screw for screw swap. The 3 stage charger treats my batteries nice, fast charge gentle idle and this unit switches between shore power, generator, and battery so smooth and fast.

Which is power converter by parallax or Magnetek?

Customer Review: Check Out This 2000W Power Inverter By BESTEK! The 6345RU is a three current stage 45 Amp converter/charger and is part of the RU Series manufactured by Parallax Power Supply. The 6345RU is a direct replacement for the B-W Manufacturer and MagneTek 6345 Power Centers.

How to remove power converter from magnatek RV?

With the power converter box on the workbench, remove 2 hex-head screws holding the nylon posts which are holding the battery charger circuit board. 9. NOTE: With the power converter box on the workbench, the top cover can be removed with 4 hex-head screws.

What kind of batteries are in magnatek power converter?

With a 0-3 amp meter in series with the battery charging line, and using no extra resistance in the line (the big white rectangular resistor was shorted to make zero ohms or there-abouts), I placed the charging circuit across a pair of 6 volt/7.7 AHr lead-acid batteries which I had on hand.

When to turn off the Charger on a Magnetek 6345?

Hello everyone I have a Magnetek 6300A Model 6345 When the battery reaches 13.8 volts should the charger complete shut off? Quick answer, absolutely not. That’s one reason why the newer technology is preferred.

Customer Review: Check Out This 2000W Power Inverter By BESTEK! The 6345RU is a three current stage 45 Amp converter/charger and is part of the RU Series manufactured by Parallax Power Supply. The 6345RU is a direct replacement for the B-W Manufacturer and MagneTek 6345 Power Centers.

If you have the Magnetek 6345 you need this upgrade. The install is a pretty simple wire for wire, screw for screw swap. The 3 stage charger treats my batteries nice, fast charge gentle idle and this unit switches between shore power, generator, and battery so smooth and fast.

Is the magnatek 12 volt power converter OK?

The battery was OK, the Magnatek higher current 12 volt section was OK but the battery charger section of the converter was not OK. Checking at the Magnatek panel in the bathroom, I found no voltage between point C (which was the positive side from the battery) and point D (which was the negative side from the battery).