Reviews of Victron Energy Centaur 12/100 3 Battery Charger 12V 100A CCH012100000

An extremely well made and dependable charger. I've been using this for a few weeks now to charge a large bank of lead acid batteries and it works flawlessly. It is expensive but you get what you pay for, all Victron gear is very good and this charger is no exception. It's made with the quality of a Swiss watch and the construction of a tank. I'm trying to think of any bad points, if I must say something then it's that it's that it's slightly fussy on the incoming power. I use a generator to power this and my generator is not the best. If the engine is a bit fast or a bit slow, then the charger buzzes a bit, but when I adjust the engine-speed to get it spot on, the charger is happy. But that's not really a fault, the generator is providing voltage and AC frequency a little out of the specified range. Some other Victron chargers are more tolerant. But if you run this from mains or a half decent generator there would be no issue. All in all, it's well worth it's high price tag. If you buy a cheap Chinese one you'll just end up wishing you got this one and probably will end up getting it anyway after wasting your money on the other one.

5

MM - Betws-y-Coed, United Kingdom - 09 Oct 2020